Game 108: Red Sox at Yankees
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Aug 06, 2009 
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YANKEES (65-42)
Jeter SS
Damon LF
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Matsui DH
Posada C
Cano 2B
Swisher RF
Cabrera CF
Pitching: RHP Joba Chamberlain (7-2, 3.58).
RED SOX (62-44)
Ellsbury CF
Pedroia 2B
Martinez C
Youkilis LF
Ortiz DH
Drew RF
Lowell 3B
Kotchman 1B
Lowrie SS
Pitching: RHP John Smoltz (2-4, 7.12).
TIME/TV: 7:05, 7:05 / My9, MLB.
STATE OF THE ‘STRIPES: The Yankees have won three straight and are coming off a 5-4 road trip to Tampa Bay, Chicago and Toronto. They lead Boston by 2.5 games in the American League.
AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, THERE’S A STREAK: Boston is 8-0 against New York this season, outscoring the Yankees 55-31. The Red Sox have won nine straight in the series dating back to the final game of last season.
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE PITCHING: Why the eight losses? The Yankees have a 6.06 ERA and a 1.84 WHIP in the games against Boston this season. They’ve allowed 78 hits and a ridiculous 48 walks in 68.1 innings.
JOBAMANIA: Joba Chamberlain is 3-0 with an 0.83 ERA since the All-Star break. He has allowed only eight hits over 21.2 innings while walking eight and striking out 19.
JOBABOSTONMANIA: Chamberlain is 2-1, 3.49 in his career against the Red Sox in four starts and four relief appearances.
JOBA THE STARTER: Remember that debate about whether he belonged in the bullpen? That was cute. He is 10-3, 3.27 as a starter.
ON A ROLL: The Yankees have won 14 of their last 19 games and 25 of their last 35.
NOT ON A ROLL: The Red Sox are 7-10 since July 17 and a modest 24-20 since June 13.
MARIANO REMINDER: The greatest closer of all time has gone 19.1 innings without allowing a run. He has struck out 18 in that that stretch.
SWISHALICIOUS: Nick Swisher is 11 of his last 34 with six extra-base hits.
DAMONIC: Johnny Damon in 10 of his last 22 with to homers and six RBI.
A-ROD OVERDUE: Alex Rodriguez has gone 61 at-bats since his last home run, which came on July 19.
ON THE iPOD RIGHT NOW: Once Upon A Time in the West by Ennio Morricone.
Back with much more later on.
UPDATE, 4:45 p.m.: Yankees will stick with the extra reliever for another day. But expect Ramiro Pena soon. … Brett Gardner will get his cast off early next week and have another X-Ray to determine how he is. … Jason Bay (hamstring) out at least two days it sounds like. … Yankees expect a sellout or close to it. Ridiculous that’s it’s uncertain.
UPDATE, 5:05 p.m.: NBA players Al Harrington and Chris Duhon watching BP.
UPDATE, 5:19 p.m.: David Ortiz came out for BP just now. No signs, no boos, no nothing. Kid in a Cano jersey asked him for an autograph.
UPDATE, 6:51 p.m.: Muhammad Ali now being driven around the warning track on a golf cart. He stopped to shake hands with Jorge Posada. Most of the Yankees in the dugout applauding him.
For my money, Ali is the most famous guy in the world. Who doesn’t know who he is?
UPDATE, 6:59 p.m.: The Yankees received some award for stadium hospitality services that Ali “presented.” The whole team came out at the end around him.
Meanwhile — get this — Ali is wearing a credential. Security at the Stadium is so blindingly stupid that Muhammad Ali had to wear a credential. That makes perfect sense. He could have been trying to sneak in.
UPDATE, 7:02 p.m.: The Red Sox placed outfielder Rocco Baldelli on the DL with a bruised ankle/foot. Baldelli fouled a ball off his left leg during batting practice on Wednesday in Tampa. The Sox recalled Josh Reddick, who wasn’t expected to arrive until around game time. Reddick, an outfielder, made his major league debut on July 31 and played four games before he was optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket on Wednesday in favor of left-handed pitcher Billy Traber.
UPDATE, 7:09 p.m.: The first pitch is about to be thrown and there are literally hundreds of empty seats in the Legends section. Not a few, hundreds.
Red Sox-Yankees, perfect night, two of the best teams in baseball, Joba pitching and those “fans” don’t actually care to watch the game. It’s a disgrace. The Yankees have removed the home-field advantage with their ridiculous ticket prices and exclusionary design.
UPDATE, 7:09 p.m.: We’re underway in the Bronx. Enjoy the game, should be a fun one.
UPDATE, 7:17 p.m.: David Ortiz getting roundly booed by the crowd. No chants, however.
UPDATE, 7:28 p.m.: Wow, John Hughes died. There’s another piece of my youth gone.
In honor of Mr Hughes: Hey batter batter batter hey batter batter batter SWING batter!
UPDATE, 7:36 p.m.: The Yankees removed the netting above Monument Cave in center field. You can sort of see the tops of the monuments now. A safety net was in place during batting practice. … Meanwhile the bad pre-game All-Star break Joba has showed up tonight. Two hits and two walks and he has yet to get an out in the second inning.
UPDATE, 7:44 p.m.: Joba comes roaring back with strikeouts of Lowrie and Ellsbury to end the inning.
UPDATE, 7:56 p.m.: Posada is safe if he slides. But he didn’t and that could be because Melky didn’t tell him too. Can’t tell on the replay. But something went wrong there. Yankees blow a big chance.
Great relay throw by Pedroia. Yankees threaten but do not score. Story of the game for both teams so far.
UPDATE, 8:01 p.m.: Yankee Stadium special there for Pedroia. That’s an out across the street. 1-0 Red Sox.
UPDATE, 8:10 p.m.: You would think Joba would learn. He’s up 0-2 on Pedroa and he shakes off Posada then serves up an opposite-field home run. Here’s a thought, throw what they tell you to throw. That worked well the last three starts.
UPDATE, 8:14 p.m.: Going to e-mail me again and tell me Ellsbury isn’t a good CF? That’s a terrific catch. Defensive metrics are fundamentally flawed and only somewhat telling.
UPDATE, 8:16 p.m.: Another cheapie, this one for the Yankees. It’s 1-1. This joint was built for JD.
UPDATE, 8:27 p.m.: Muhammad Ali will be back tomorrow to give Randy Levine and Lonn Trost the award for biggest joke of a stadium in the major leagues. That should not be a home run in a big-league game. But it is here. 3-1 Red Sox.
UPDATE, 8:39 p.m.: There goes Posada, killing the Yankees again by doubling and scoring a run. Terrible player.
UPDATE, 8:44 p.m.: Melky with a legit blast into the second deck. Yankees 5-3. Eight runs on 12 hits and four homers and it’s the fourth inning. Buckle in, folks.
Go Yankees!
Bring on the (tainted) Sawx!
line up guess
SS Jeter
LF Damon
IB tex
3B a rod
DH matusi
C posada
RF Swisher
2B cano
CF melky
“JOBA THE STARTER: Remember that debate about whether he belonged in the bullpen? That was cute. He is 10-3, 3.27 as a starter.”
I laughed.
Actually its Redsox at Yanks. How much sleep you been gettin lately Pete?
Play today, win today, das it.
Go Bombers! Pete’s nipples are the size of salami slices.
LAST CALL FOR “Guess the Line Up”
No submissions after 3:40
Here’s who is in:
*Ramey, WTTCTOHA, Rebecca, Dan the Man, CM, Evan D, Yankee Ray, Andrew, Jon Locke, Ben, The Fair Pole, YanksFan, Bronx Jeers, SA, Nick, NYY626, IDCWYT, Upstate Kate, William Buckner, Eights, JD, Miggs (all the same)
*Fran, Roger Maris (same)
*Joe in Utica
*Saucy
*RayVT, Henner
*Closer
*Josh in NH
*Hensley Muellens
*L to the 2nd
I was just checking out that BostonDirtDogs link. They certainly are hammering Ortiz there. However, the funniest thing on that site is near the middle of the page. They took the Dunkin Donuts logo and changed it so it says “America Runs on Jason Varitek”.
y nah me i gueesed
Yanks a -210 favorite tonight.. Vegas expects Smoltz to get lit up it seems.
Guess the Lineup huh? Well I have a couple of minutes so I’ll sneak one in:
Jeter SS
Damon LF
Teixeira 1B
Rodriguez 3B
Matsui DH
Posada C
Cano 2B
Swisher RF
Cabrera CF
G- you are in (same as Closer’s)
“JOBA THE STARTER: Remember that debate about whether he belonged in the bullpen? That was cute. He is 10-3, 3.27 as a starter.”
Pete – outside of the last 3 starts when Joba has shut me up, he has been a special reliever and far from a special starter. You said it yourself several times before the All Star Break.
That being said, if Joba continues to pitch lights out then I admit I was wrong. Let’s see what happens though before you proclaim him the next Ace of the staff and make sarcastic “that was cute” remarks…..
For the record, I hope Joba continues to pitch 7 innings a night giving up 1-2 runs. I also agree with Francesa, without Hughes’ dominance in the pen, Joba would have been the next candidate for that role while Hughes stayed in the rotation. Because we all agree that Hughes (along with excellent starting pitching) has been a tremendous key to the Yanks success over the past month.
youk is playin LF?
rt @amaliebenjamin Lineup: Ellsbury, Pedroia, Martinez (C), Youkilis (LF), Ortiz, Drew, Lowell, Kotchman, Lowrie.
Yes, folks, Youkilis is playing left field.
Lineup:
SS Jeter
LF Damon
1B Tex
3B ARod
DH Matsui
C Posada
2B Cano
RF Swisher
CF Melky
knowing Joba’s reputation -
would it be wise for the Sox if Smoltz plunks Tex or ARod in the first inning?
it could throw Joba off his game if he thinks he can’t throw inside for fear of getting tossed.
it could be ARod vs Varitek part II….
SA yes Poutine! that pic is not so good though.
Doreen, CB
It is the tangents and off topics that make this board imo.
I can only read so many posts about trades that don’t happen or UZR or CERA or…
I’m pretty sure Youk has played some LF in the past.
Still, who did they send down for Reddick?
ok, so no ARod vs Tek part II
youk is playin LF?
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they are getting desperate
(i hope that’s it)
Youkilis in left field?
After they have been raving about how wonderful of a first basemen he is for the past 3 seasons, why do they seem so intent on getting him away from there? first they keep acquiring first basemen, but i know thats more about lowell. now they don’t even have youk in the infield against the Yanks?
No Varitek and Youk in LF. Interesting.
“Yes, folks, Youkilis is playing left field.”
Good god. I hope this is true…
thats the best lineup they could possibly come up with
just shows how BIG this game is for both teams
youkilis in LF should try and be exploited as much as possible
UGH, why is Cano ahead of Swisher… lame…
Bay is out, Reddick sent down.
Who else do they have? Baldelli?
Hell, NICK GREEN played there last night.
Oh, and no Varitek…looking for their “A” offensive lineup – should run all night on VMart, too.
Does anyone know if there were any roster moves? Is Claggett still with the Yankees.
v mart can’t throw runners out?
Gotta hit Smoltz. Got to.
Can’t let him go seven strong. Every other team has hammered him.
Can’t allow that to change now.
Congratulations to the 24 people who won “Guess the Line Up”. They are:
Ramey 2:13
WTTCTOHA 2:14
Rebecca 2:15
Dan the Man 2:15
CM 2:16
Evan D 2:17
YankeeRay 2:18
Andrew 2:18
Jon Locke 2:18
Ben 2:18
The FairPole 2:26
YanksFan 2:26
Bronx Jeers 2:29
SA 2:29
Nick 2:31
Miggs 2:33
Upstate Kate 2:36
William Buckner 2:55
IDCWYT 3:00
Eights 3:10
JD 3:11
Miggs 3:19
Rich 3:37
Club Tight Five 3:38
Wow- that’s a new record. I have to update the standings tonight. Please look for them during the game
Please tune in tomorrow at 2pm for another thrilling round of “Guess the Line Up”
Tonight I’m guessing the yankee game plan at the plate against Smoltz will be to be aggressive early in the count if Smoltz is throwing his fastball.
Do not go crazy if the team is swinging early. It is likely planned.
Smoltz biggest problem coming back has been his lousy fastball command.
Hitters facing him are jumping on his fastball and pounding it. Pounding it.
Right now as a hitter you do not want to let Smoltz sneak a fastball by to get ahead in the count. You do not want him to be able to throw a “get me over fastball” to start an at bat.
People keep making a big deal of the fact that Smoltz has had good “control” so far this season. He’s only walked 5 hitters in 36 innings.
But it’s unclear if he’s walking so few hitters because his control is good.
Smoltz is throwing on average only 3.6 pitches per at bat. Think about that – 3.6 pitches per plate appearance.
Every batter facing him is turning into Robinson Cano.
He’s not walking anyone because hitters are jumping all over his pitches early in the count. They are getting fat pitches to hit and smacking them around.
If you are throwing on average fewer than 4 pitches per plate appearance as a pitcher it is very difficult to walk batters.
They may need to adjust – but if Smoltz throws like he has been the team should be very aggressive swinging early at his fastball.
If Smoltz comes out and throws a ton of sliders and off speed early in the count that would change things. His slider has at times been pretty good.
But they should be very aggressive with his fastball early in the count.
Yes, I was right! Two in a row!
Uncle E -
That’s exactly right. Some tangents and off-topics I follow, others I don’t.
Maine Yankee -
My husband laughs at me because I have to leave the room in tense situations. I listen for commercials, so I’ll know if an inning is over. I have missed probably 75% of Mariano’s saves, I am mortified to admit.
Youk in left seems to be “anything to take Varitek out of the lineup”.
CB: Great stuff. Certainly something to look for, then. Situational hitting, as they’d say.
Your “Breaking Down The Series” post has the SoSH people all kinds of fired up.
Good on ya!
Sox must be counting on Smoltz striking everyone out because that line-up is all about offense with little thought to defense.
The last 4 spots in the boston batting order HAVE to be automatic outs. They are all either weak or slumping bats. If Joba lets the bottom of the order get to him its going to be a long night.
I told you guys earlier not to be surprised if Youkilis plays some corner outfield this week. He’s actually pretty decent out there and won’t be any worse than some of the Yankee outfielders have been.
I bet youk is fine in LF. sad to say
Francesa: Who’s playing LF. They don;t have a LFer.
rebecca,
I just don’t want people going crazy about how the yankees aren’t “grinding out” at bats or are having “dumb” at bats.
Hitters are jumping all over smoltz and doing it early in the count.
Francesa is such a tool..
Who’s playing leftfield???
There’s no left fielder!
unbelievable.
CB: Great Post do you mind taking a look at this page Dailysportpages.com go to the yankee forum
Youk is a shade better than Swish out there. He has played it some in the past and is passable but when a ball is hit to him it isn’t pretty. Kinda like his mugg.
Youk has played 18 games in LF all in 2006.
“The last 4 spots in the boston batting order HAVE to be automatic outs”
Lowell- just batted .389 with a 1.012 OPS in July
I agree with CB about Smoltz.
If hte Yanks have watched any of his starts, they’ll know what to do.
Smoltz’s slider has improved quite a bit since his first couple starts.
His fastball remains very hittable.
CB-
Just wanted to say thanks for the nice words you said about me on the previous thread. I appreciate it
They probably traded for Kotchman just because he has good numbers lifetime against Mo (and the Yankees as a whole).
Ya think anybody on the boston blogs won their ‘Guess the Lineup’ game today?
CB: to be honest, I would have been one of those people before reading your post. And I still might, just because. But it all comes down to just win. If the Yanks swing at 27 first pitches and win, I won’t complain.
i just heard on twitter is down all over the world.
red sox/ yankees probably crashed it
Erica, I think you forgot me on that list
pat
August 6th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Christina
Calm down.
They are baseball players not boxers. How many games have you seen punches thrown? They hold each other back, snort and grunt and get fined and suspended.
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More players get hurt trying to get away from the fights than they do actually fighting.
Doreen
I send my wife out of the room so I can enjoy the end.
Basically hit all singles to left field and steal bases at will. Simple enough strategy.
Uncle Ellesworth,
Agreed on the tangents. I personally like stats and numbers. But I don’t post much on other sites because I like having other kinds of discussions.
This board can be aggravating and insane, but if you know how to pick and choose and skip over the nonsense the diversity is a real plus.
Yesterday it really ticked me off that some clown was trying to tell GB7 to stop posting his minor league updates because “no one cares” about the minors. That was just too much. Who is he to tell GB7 what he should be posting on and who is he to be speaking “omnisciently” about what everyone else’s interests are?
Twitter has been up and down all day. They’re having another denial of service attack.
Francona putting Youk out there in LF trying to get the Yankee bats to swing for left instead of the short porch?
I think he just wants his best offensive lineup out there. But with Mike AARP Lowell at 3rd and Youk in LF on the road that left side looks pretty tasty for people like Jeter, A-Rod.
Joba will be throw out before the second inning is over for, what else?….head hunting. Then he’ll serve a 14 game suspension.
CB: It’s very simple: read the posts of those who you enjoy and skip the ones you don’t.
V Mart can’t throw out anyone.
This is where Girardi needs to push the issue. Let’s see if he plays aggressive tonight.
Jeter, Damon, A Rod, Melky all need to be stealing if given the chance.
Let’s see a few hit-and-runs.
Make Smoltz wish he stayed home.
I’m getting really pumped up for this series. LOL.
“Ortiz told WEEI.com’s Rob Bradford that he would not be speaking about that topic tonight in New York, where the Red Sox are kicking off a four-game series against the Yankees.”
boston.com
Today’s WSJ said that Jason Bay could be the key to the series for the Sox.
I think they still miss Manny.
CB,
FWIW, I LOVE your stat posts. even the super-technical ones.
NYY626 – Beantown is going down.
August 6th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Erica, I think you forgot me on that list
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You are right. Because I can’t read my own handwriting and I typed Miggs twice. LOL
NYY626 posted the correct line up at 2:33
So sorry about that! I did have you correct on my list though. I was just typing too fast
Nellie’s a wicked good predictahh
“Nervous Nellie
August 6th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Joba will be throw out before the second inning is over for, what else?….head hunting. Then he’ll serve a 14 game suspension.”
HAHA, what a clown you are. Why would you even waste your time posting on a Yankees blog? Your comments haven’t been funny, clever or entertaining. Unless you are mentally handicapped (you are a roid sawx fan after all), then I apologize.
Now you know why the sox traded for Kotchman. He and Laroache are basically the same player ( Laroache has a little more power) , but Kotchman hits well against the Yankees
I think this is the best the line up boston can put out.
We’re going to have a lot of extra visitors from the Nation for this series.
Be nice and type slowly!
Erica,
Thank you. I always enjoy your posts. They’re fun and that is often very needed as people are readying to jump off bridges!
Ok I need to get some work done.
I’m trying to decide if the blog is going to be a safe place in-game tonight. It gets nuts in regular game threads, coming on here if they are losing to the Sox may be too much to take.
We’ll see how it goes.
Let’s go Yankees.
Big start for Joba, I can’t wait. He’s hot right now, late season, pennant race, facing the sox, this is the kind of game he needs to learn to win to become that front-line starter we know he can be.
i was going to pick that line-up (that’s a lie), but i’m glad i’m not splitting the winnings with 24 others…
Youk in left smells a bit of desperation no?
He’s played 20 games in the OF in his career.
LOL Erica, totally understandable.
Nice job Erica….
my first time on Guess the Lineup – 1/1.
CB, I’ve learned more about stats from reading your posts than anywhere on the net. They’re informative, yet simple to understand. You’re the only stat-head who doesn’t bore me to death.
Thanks.
Are the Yanks going to stick with 13 pitchers? Any word on whether they might bring up Pena or someone? I guess not today at least.
Maine Yankee -
Now that’s funny!
Smoltz is awful this years against lefties. Hopefully, they take advantage.
Too bad its not an afternoon game and Youk could get a chance to see how fun playing LF in Yankee Stadium is when the sun is shining.
Paulie on with Mkay
Youkilis in left is not so much desperation as it does give the Red Sox their best possible line up.
FWIW, Kotchman killed the Yankees as an Angel, IIRC. Getting him in the line up and having both Youkilis and Lowell is a smart move on Boston’s part–although it does leave their bench very thin.
“This is where Girardi needs to push the issue. Let’s see if he plays aggressive tonight.”
Agreed. You can just tell how much Tito is worried about the yankees line up, particularly against Smoltz, by looking at their line up.
I think this is the first game Martinez is starting behind the plate. Tito didn’t want Varitek’s bat in the line up.
But the down side to this for them is defense. The sox have been a poor defensive team this year.
The yankees should be very aggressive on the bases today.
Why don’t we invite Aaron Boone back to throw out the first pitch or something? The poor guy is out of baseball due to the heart surgery he had.
roid sawx fan
I guess you are roid yankee fan.
CB my responses get eaten.
I agree (short answer)
Youk is a good player but LF in the Stadium is a little tricky for someone with a total of 20 games in the OF in his career.
I wish it were a day game with no clouds.
The poor guy is out of baseball due to the heart surgery he had.
Yea from all the roids he took.
Evan D- Thanks and congratulations. We play every weekday while I am at work (as long as I don’t feel like it will lead to my job termination. LOL)
For 7pm starts the game begins at 2
NYY626- This was a tough one. I swear I do better when I get 30 different combos
The best thing about VMart’s catching is that he’s a good hitter
Christina25 August 6th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
roid sawx fan
I guess you are roid yankee fan.
John Henry’s wife. You probably supplied Ortiz and Manny.
GB7
How is Jorge Vasquez doing?
BD – Tom –
Thanks so much. I appreciate the kind words.
I try not to make my posts all that technical and at times I know I go overboard. So I appreciate it.
Stats in baseball have, in many ways, become overblown. Baseball statistics are really, really simple compared to statistics in other fields that have a lot of impact on our lives on a day to day basis e.g. finance. Baseball stats are very straightforward and not real complicated for the most part.
I think it’s unfortunate that they’ve become the source of so much confusion. Much of that is the way stats are discussed, communicated and understood by those doing the analyses.
“Christina25
August 6th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
The poor guy is out of baseball due to the heart surgery he had.
Yea from all the roids he took.”
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Christina. That’s a little inappropriate considering my 3 yr old son has the same heart condition Boone has. Its a bicuspid aortic valve. You are born with it. Don’t make an ignorant ass of yourself.
“If you are throwing on average fewer than 4 pitches per plate appearance as a pitcher it is very difficult to walk batters.”
I think this one goes with the “it’s hard to leave more than 3 men on base per inning theory.
It’s not surprising that some in here still don’t understand that one.
And it is tough walking a guy on 3.6 pitches but God only knows that Jose Veras tried his hardest.
It was Aaron’s brother that took steroids, not Aaron.
roger maris,
So are you saying that Boone had a heart condition since he was young? Then how in the world did he played baseball?
It was Brett Boone, genius.
When Joba hits his innings limit, what happens to him then? Why not have him swap roles with Hughes at that point? Start stretching Hughes a few weeks ahead of time and be prepared to switch when Joba hits 125.
Truly though, as well as he’s pitching now, it’s hard to fathom Joba coming out of the rotation. Maybe he just gets skipped whenever there’s an off day from here on out.
Kenny F August 6th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
When Joba hits his innings limit, what happens to him then? Why not have him swap roles with Hughes at that point? Start stretching Hughes a few weeks ahead of time and be prepared to switch when Joba hits 125.
Truly though, as well as he’s pitching now, it’s hard to fathom Joba coming out of the rotation. Maybe he just gets skipped whenever there’s an off day from here on out.
Cash said he will be skipped
Does anyone have a link where I can watch the game tonight
Christina25
August 6th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
The poor guy is out of baseball due to the heart surgery he had.
Yea from all the roids he took.
That’s a classless remark. You should be ashamed.
Why don’t you go sit in the corner for a timeout and think about what you said.
CB: you already know it, but I enjoy your posts quite a bit too. Genuine truth is always a good antitote to Truther nonsense.
I especially enjoy it when you venture into the land of comedy and some of the dimmer among us ask if it’s really you.
Lets make a deal. When the names from the list leak out I making a bet that he is on that list. If he is not I will apologize here.
“Stats in baseball have, in many ways, become overblown. Baseball statistics are really, really simple compared to statistics in other fields that have a lot of impact on our lives on a day to day basis e.g. finance. Baseball stats are very straightforward and not real complicated for the most part.”
My father owns his business and my brother works as a bond trader, so I was brought up with copies of the WSJ and the Economist lying around as bathroom reading material.
No wonder I find baseball statistics so wonderful!
The great thing is that it has me looking at numbers and the math involved…this from a girl who got a D in precal and vowed never to take a math class ever again.
Funny game, that baseball.
If one brother took steroids why would the other be clean?
Christina25
August 6th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Lets make a deal. When the names from the list leak out I making a bet that he is on that list. If he is not I will apologize here.
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Fair enough. I can live with that
Christina25 August 6th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
If one brother took steroids why would the other be clean?
Ban this idiot troll please
“So are you saying that Boone had a heart condition since he was young? Then how in the world did he played baseball?”
Since you’re just too plain ignorant or stupid to do your own research I’ll educate you. Somewhere around 2% of all people are born with a bicuspid aortic valve. A large percentage of people with it can live normal healthy lives with just a few restrictions. However, as you age the valve may begin to “leak” instead of forming a complete seal when it suppose to close. If this happens surgery is usually the answer. People with the condition require annual or semi-annual heart ultrasounds to monitor the efficiency and condition of the valve. Are you through making an ass of yourself?
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Christina25 August 6th, 2009 at 4:16 pm
If one brother took steroids why would the other be clean?
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If one brother killed someone why would the other not kill anybody?
Christina25,
You are so unpleasant it is remarkable. Your nasty, passive aggressive nonsense is so hypocritical and sanctimonious it’s hard to get over.
After you spewing on and on about your own child having autism it’s amazing that you are now harping on a bicuspid aortic valve – a defect that one is born with. A defect that children suffer from.
It’s amazing how people should have sympathy for the disorder your child just happens to have but you don’t need to show any largeness of spirit towards a different disease others are born with.
And this after all of your self-satisfied homilies about how you never said anything about yankees players using steroids because you knew “everyone” was doing it and it’s no big deal that Papi, Manny and Arroyo also did. You just flat out lie.
Your ignorance and hypocrisy are just ugly.
Aaron Boone? Steroids?
Is it possible get a steroids contact-high fron tagging out Manny and Papi too many times?
just curious.
there are some good red sox posters on the blog- dennis, ray, brian, etc.
is there a single person that enjoys christina’s troll like posts?
The previous position battle post is quite interesting. I don’t know that I’d have scored some of those battles the same as Pete did.
Does anyone (CB maybe) know the real “winners” in terms of wins over a replacement player? or in wins in general?
Christina25
August 6th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
The poor guy is out of baseball due to the heart surgery he had.
Yea from all the roids he took.
Thats Aaron not Brett you nasty piece of work!!
CB
I like the baseball knowledge you bring here. An example is how you explain hitters aproach to certain pitchers.
Sometimes the tech stuff is a bit to grasp but not complaining.
//Yes, folks, Youkilis is playing left field.//
The Sox wanted to make sure Youk was in there tonight, so when Joba throws at his head. He’ll automatically be tossed from the game!
……stupid farm boy
Here’s a better deal, Christina25: don’t try to be a one-person Sox trash-talk enforcer and people will be much nicer to you on this board. I don’t think you’ll get a better deal than that.
Didn’t Mike Mussina and the Yanks win the last game of 2008 vs the Sox?
Just ignore the trolls
Chrina25 Any sympathy that you garnered talking about your autistic son is out the window.
Begone witch!
yay CB!!!!
Chrsitina, if one brother has his way with little boys why wouldn’t the other????
crimmins August 6th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Didn’t Mike Mussina and the Yanks win the last game of 2008 vs the Sox?
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I think so but wasn’t that game 1 of a doubleheader? not sure what happened in game 2 (if that was the case).
Oh dear….
Uncle Ellsworth (turn off your mind relax and float downstream)
August 6th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
GB7
How is Jorge Vasquez doing?
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Vazquez has been out since mid-July with a bad wrist.
If one brother has sex with an 8-year-old boy, why wouldn’t the other?
This Boston lineup really smacks a bit of desperation but as much as I HATE Youkilis, and I hate him and his Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart little beard, the guy plays wherever they put him.
There are guys on this Yankee team who would never do that so for one brief second I give him props.
Other than that, let’s beat their smug little heads in this weekend.
I want to see Gammons cry.
I was to see Beckett get lit up like the Rockerfeller Xmas tree.
And I want to see Papelschmuck watch the best closer EVER do his job like a professional. He’s a moron.
Vazquez has been out since mid-July with a bad wrist.
Where have I been?
you just know Youkilis is going to make an incredible play or two in left tonight. that’s how the game works.
Christina is typical of the Post-2004 Red Sox fan.
A sanctimonious clown.
Someone who can’t come to grips with the reality that Big Papi and Manny, as well as others, were juicing as much as anybody in baseball during the PED Era.
Its very difficult to live in a glasshouse. Something Red Sox fans with functioning brain cells comprehend.
Those without functioning brain cells? Well, they are Red Sox fans. Nothing more needs to be said.
Francesa’s really getting on Melky. Does he know that Melky statistically is on the top 3 or 4 offensive centerfielders in the AL?
GardnerBelongsInCenter
August 6th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
crimmins August 6th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Didn’t Mike Mussina and the Yanks win the last game of 2008 vs the Sox?
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I think so but wasn’t that game 1 of a doubleheader? not sure what happened in game 2 (if that was the case).
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Yes. This is true. And Game 2 was a loss
. But no one seemed to care much since Mussina got his 20th win already
RS: It’s Francesa, so, no.
“Christina25,
You are so unpleasant it is remarkable. Your nasty, passive aggressive nonsense is so hypocritical and sanctimonious it’s hard to get over.
After you spewing on and on about your own child having autism it’s amazing that you are now harping on a bicuspid aortic valve – a defect that one is born with. A defect that children suffer from.
It’s amazing how people should have sympathy for the disorder your child just happens to have but you don’t need to show any largeness of spirit towards a different disease others are born with.
And this after all of your self-satisfied homilies about how you never said anything about yankees players using steroids because you knew “everyone” was doing it and it’s no big deal that Papi, Manny and Arroyo also did. You just flat out lie.
Your ignorance and hypocrisy are just ugly.”
Wow.
(Standing Ovation)
My biggest concern with Joba is that he’s going to go out there trying to prove too much and overthrow. On the other hand, he can’t be too timid and start throwing his 91mph 1st innning fastball over the middle.
I have this funny feeling that the Joba of late isn’t going to show up tonight, but I think we’re going to win anyways.
Michael Kay just said Phil Hughes was throwing 91 mph yesterday.
SJ
Most post-2004 sox fans can’t name the state that Boston is in. Better yet, have them find it on a map.
Crimmins,
The Yankees played a double header vs. the Red Sox on the last day of the season last year.
Mussina and the Yankees won the first, but they lost the night cap.
Uncle Ellsworth (turn off your mind relax and float downstream)
August 6th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Vazquez has been out since mid-July with a bad wrist.
Where have I been?
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You must be one of those posters that don’t like minor league updates.
j/k. I think I put it up once the night after he was hurt and just never updated it
“Michael Kay just said Phil Hughes was throwing 91 mph yesterday.”
Probably his cutter. I wouldn’t worry about it.
Francona knows that this game is important, so he is sending out his best offensive lineup without Bay. Youk is a gold glove infielder.
Joba needs to pound the strikezone early. That’s it. If they hit him, so be it. He must avoid walks. The Sox want to wait him out and may him work. If he pounds the strike zone they will have to swing early in the count.
I hope that the Yankee crown is all over Ortiz. Yankee fans have been listening to crap from Red Sox fans about Giambi and A-Rod for years. Tonight it is time for a little payback.
“Michael Kay just said Phil Hughes was throwing 91 mph yesterday.”
well…he was wrong…simply wrong
That’s the A lineup for sure.
“Michael Kay just said Phil Hughes was throwing 91 mph yesterday.”
That’s because Michael Kay can’t spot pitches. Hughes threw an average 4-seamer at 95.34 yesterday and threw his cutter 90-91. He threw 6 cutters, so that’s what Kay was focusing on.
RalphieD (OPPC) YES Radar Gun=Terrible August 6th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
“Michael Kay just said Phil Hughes was throwing 91 mph yesterday.”
well…he was wrong…simply wrong
Yeah hes an idiot. The YES gun is stupid all the time. He said Phil is not the same pitcher he was lol.
You must be one of those posters that don’t like minor league updates.
j/k. I think I put it up once the night after he was hurt and just never updated it
I was behind you all the way.
“Does anyone (CB maybe) know the real “winners” in terms of wins over a replacement player? or in wins in general?”
Charleston,
Do you mean wins above replacement comparing the sox and the yankees line ups/ teams?
There are several ways to find that out.
You can look up each player in fangraphs and look at what their current “win value” is.
Another easy way is to look it up on Baseball prospectus. I’ll post the link below. You can either look up palyers one by one. Or you can look at their standings for the aggregate team VORP’s. The limitations to the BP work is that their defensive efficiency stat isn’t great so it’s really VORP you have to work with.
But the best and most specific way to compare the specific WAR information for the yankees line up and the opposition’s line up for that night is through the fantastic Replacement Level Yankees Blog. It’s a great sight. And SG has now started posting each player’s current WAR next to them in the posted line up for the game thread. It’s great.
Each one of these sources formulates WAR in a slightly different method – but it’s interesting to look at them all. Personally, the replacement level stuff I find to be great and super convenient.
http://www.baseballprospectus......sort=ovorp
>>So are you saying that Boone had a heart condition since he was young? Then how in the world did he played baseball?<<
Christina, I think others have already corrected your ignorant remarks, but it's ENTIRELY possible to have a heart condition your whole life and never notice any symptoms until it kills you suddenly. I knew a wonderful guy in high school who seemed 100% healthy until one day, running around the corner to a friend's birthday party, his heart stopped and he died. It turned out he had a congenital heart defect he never knew about. Tragically, although his two siblings were tested for the same condition, the doctors apparently missed something because his younger brother died the same way a few years later. I'm happy for Aaron that his condition was discovered before it was too late.
oh come on SJ44,
Someone who can’t come to grips with the reality that Big Papi and Manny, as well as others, were juicing as much as anybody in baseball during the PED Era.
I knew something was up with Papi and Manny. I dont have a hard time with it at all. All I’m saying is that maybe Aaron Boone was on that list. If you told me that Varitek was on that list I wouldnt be shocked or get upset about it. Like Arod said that was the culture back then and it probably still is. Why get worked up about it? Those players make millions of dollars. Of course they may cheat. Look I’m being honest. Dont take as I’m trying to shame the Yankees. Steroid use is widespread not just on the Yankees and Red Sox.
I was just reading a Buster Olney article on ESPN, and he said that the Yanks have discussed only giving Joba a 5 or 6 inning limit tonight due to his season limit of innings.
Is there any truth to this? Usually I dont listen to the ESPN guys much, except for Keith Law, but I respect Olney’s work.
I just think if he is throwing lights out through 5, they would let him go.
The Yankees are playing at the Red Sox? You need more Redbull Pete..
Joba will go as long as he can tonite but no longer than 7 innings.
# Joe(Living in Texas) August 6th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
I was just reading a Buster Olney article on ESPN, and he said that the Yanks have discussed only giving Joba a 5 or 6 inning limit tonight due to his season limit of innings.
Is there any truth to this? Usually I dont listen to the ESPN guys much, except for Keith Law, but I respect Olney’s work.
I just think if he is throwing lights out through 5, they would let him go.
Cashman was just on wfan saying they are going to take the route of skipping starts. I really doubt they would allow him to go only 5-6 innings.
Kay and Flaherty always do that. They always pay attention to the pathetic yes gun. I wish for once they would look at gameday and its pitch f/x which is a 1000 times more accurate. It ticks me off.
>>So are you saying that Boone had a heart condition since he was young? Then how in the world did he played baseball?<<
Christina, I think others have already corrected your ignorant remarks, but it’s ENTIRELY possible to have a heart defect your whole life and never notice any symptoms until it kills you suddenly. I knew a wonderful guy in high school who seemed 100% healthy until one day, running around the corner to a friend’s birthday party, his heart stopped and he died. Tragically, although his two siblings were tested for the same condition, the doctors apparently missed something because his younger brother died the same way a few years later.
So I’m just happy for Aaron that his condition was discovered before it was too late.
I’m taking off.Good luck tonight. May the best team win.
Christina25
STAY CLASSY.
keep in touch with yourself.
“David Ortiz and incoming Major League Players Association director Michael Weiner will address the media before tomorrow’s game at Yankee Stadium regarding last week’s report that Ortiz failed a test in 2003 for performance-enhancing drugs, according to MLBPA spokesman Greg Bouris.”
boston.com
Thanks for the remembering it was a doubleheader! As ever, Peter has it right.
And the way baseball works is the ball finds the guy playing out of position. Here’s to rocketing everything but actual mortar shells off Smoltz, and at Youkilis, tonight.
“I was just reading a Buster Olney article on ESPN, and he said that the Yanks have discussed only giving Joba a 5 or 6 inning limit tonight due to his season limit of innings.”
Olney must be nuts. On a game against the Red Sox, you put an innings limit for Joba. I don’t see that happening,unless Joba is getting bombed by the 4th.
Joe: Joba will go however long the Yankees need him to go. More helpful to the team to skip his start here or there than to burn out the bullpen by him only pitching five or six innings
nick – maine yankee-
Appreciated. You guys know that I enjoy your posts as well. You’re both great to talk baseball with.
Nick – you do bring out my psedo-comedic side. It do find it odd that people think it’s a fake me, but perhaps I shouldn’t. You however, always know.
It’s gotta be the bruney pins…
Michael Kay is a clown.
“David Ortiz and incoming Major League Players Association director Michael Weiner will address the media before tomorrow’s game at Yankee Stadium regarding last week’s report that Ortiz failed a test in 2003 for performance-enhancing drugs, according to MLBPA spokesman Greg Bouris.”
boston.com
Be prepared to hear that he tested positive for asthma medication or something ridiculous and that he and forever will be clean and their titles are not tainted.
We’re gonna get a snow job in August tomorrow.
Boston sucks! Time to put them in their place. Let’s go Yanks.
Christina25, if it is true that you have an autistic son, then you have a LOT more important things to do than be trolling on a Yankee blog.
Christina25
Lets make a deal, if the Yankees win one game vs the red soxs this year, you’ll go away and never come back.
One thing is for certain tonight. The LoHud will be a Hard Hat Zone……..I just want the Yanks to take the lead ealry so we can be spared the venom that infultrates this site……..However the so called Yankee fans will contribute as well if the Bombers aren’t winning by 10 after the 1st inning…..It could be a bumpy ride tonight at Pete’s place…….
My biggest worry about Joba is that he’ll throw too many pitches and not make it to the 7th inning.
With Hughes unavailable tonight and Aceves questionable after throwing 20 something pitches yesterday, it’s almost critical that Joba gets through at least 6 solid innings, preferably 7.
Lefties are hitting .403 vs Smoltz and they have an OPS of 1.098
jennifer
August 6th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Christina25
STAY CLASSY.
Jennifer – She’s half way there. Hopefully she won’t try to buy a vowel.
Pat M: Live chat in 40 minutes, be there =P
“We’re gonna get a snow job in August tomorrow.”
He’s already documented to have lied on a major point of fact.
He said he didn’t know he tested positive. That was a lie as the union has said they let everyone who tested positive know they tested positive.
Peter gammons… crickets.
CB, that was an epic slam on Christina, good job.
Anyways, I’m leaving right now for the game hopefully it’s a great Yankee win!
‘I’m taking off.’
what model broom is that?
Christina25 -
Wasn’t it you the other day who had to withstand the nonsense about karma? I would think you, of all people, would refrain from making unkind statements where someone’s health is concerned, especially when you don’t know any of the facts.
I realize you are not on this board to make friends. And you certainly do more to antagonize people than is necessary. You must get something out of it. I generally pass over what you’ve got to say.
However, I thought this time a little reminder for you was in order.
I’m beginning to wonder who is the bigger idiot on the radio, Kay or Francesa.
And to think Fatcessa was considered the “smart” one when paired with the retard — now he’s really exposed. Fat – and lazy.
I think Kay just tries to stir things up – I wonder if he believes half of what he says. He sometimes sounds like 2 people – on TV and the radio.
A-Rod will homer tonight. Hopefully in his first AB.
Randy:
Slytherins ride Nimbus 2001, Ravenclaws Cleansweep 7s, Gryffindors Firebolts.
Not sure about the Hufflepuffs.
I think Ortiz’s excuse is going to be that Manny was being Manny and he playfully injected all his teammates with awesome juice in 2003 that one time.
“I like the baseball knowledge you bring here. An example is how you explain hitters aproach to certain pitchers.
Sometimes the tech stuff is a bit to grasp but not complaining.”
maine yankee-
the more complex the better. it doesn’t hurt any of us to stretch our brains a bit.
whether i agree or disagree with cnb’s posts( usually agree) they always get me thinking. when i disagree i have to bring my A game to defend my position. that’s the way it should be.
Unless Chamberlain has that nasty, putaway, swing and miss pitch working early and often, he isn’t going past 6 innings. He has too many foul balls and gets deep counts. That’s two of the things that Boston does well. They foul off pitches and work counts.
…Baldelli to the DL….
Gonna get the scrub team tonight!
http://www.rotoworld.com/conte.....38;id=3564
Carlin,
That was just completely unnecessary regarding Peter.
Dude works really hard to make this blog as thorough as possible.
Give the guy some kudos instead of insults.
“My biggest worry about Joba is that he’ll throw too many pitches and not make it to the 7th inning.”
He’s probably not going 7 anyway unless he’s cruising. They need to start limiting his innings.
There is no way they are limiting Joba tonight. If he gets on a roll, they aren’t pulling him in the 5th or 6th to preserve innings limits in this game. They will likely skip a start or hold him back in later starts but I really don’t see it happening against the Sox no matter how much the Yankees play up that these games are just like any other games.
Give the guy some kudos instead of insults.
Gotta admit that was Funny!
Michael Kay said Phil Hughes hit 95 once. Phil was over 95 mph 11 times.
Pete -
What does it take to get Christina25 banned from this place? She is simply nasty.
It will be a sellout Pete but the expensive seats are always a question will they be filled or not.
Miggs
whats the ticket update?
were you right?
CB, Did you use to post as a regular at The Replacement Level Yanks ???? That was the first ( and only ) blog I used to hang out at before coming to The LoHud ??? I always thought there was a CB there and now that you reference them just now it reminded me of that…..Joba needs to establish the inside of the plate early with heat tonight, and then things will go well…..No digging in for the BoSox hitters…..
Texas is up 4-2 against the A’s. If they win tonight and the Yankees beat the Red Sox, the Sox will be clinging to a 2 run lead against the Rangers.
Joba is only 10 innings away from being 20 above last years innings
how many innings does he have left in him?
pretty good article:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c.....index.html
So the RS bench tonight is Varitek, Kotteras & Green??
Nice.
“Texas is up 4-2 against the A’s. If they win tonight and the Yankees beat the Red Sox, the Sox will be clinging to a 2 run lead against the Rangers.”
not to mention the 3 game lead against the rays
PatM,
Never did post there as a regular. Enjoy the site a lot.
I think Joba steps up big tonight.
Chamberlain needs to stay deep on the hitters hands and drop one on the outside, but, I guess I really should email my instructions to Eiland, instead of you amateurs.
How does Joba’s innings limit work?
If you look back to his college days this will be the 5th season in a row where he has pitched 100 innings in a row.
What Joba has to do more than anything is not be dumb tonight.
Don’t throw at Youkilis and don’t play macho man.
Don’t treat this game as any different than the other 3 games he pitched after the ASB.
Work quickly, throw strikes, don’t play “shakeoff the catcher”, and keep your head.
If he does that, he will have a good performance.
GB7
You tell him!
The key to Chamberlain’s game tohight is keeping Boston’s 9 hitters off base.
All of them.
This is totally off topic, but did another Mets player get hurt yesterday? I think we can consider it official – God doesn’t like the Mets.
Well Joba hasn’t been throwing that many pitches in his starts, and he has worked out his mechanics so Joba should be fine. I expect at least 7 innings.
Lets light this candle. Time for the Yanks to get some redemption on the Saux in increase their hold on the AL East.
L to the 2nd August 6th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
So the RS bench tonight is Varitek, Kotteras & Green??
Nice.
But their line up is as good as it gets
SJ44
I’d like to think he won’t do anything stupid. But I would NOT put it past Yuke to try and start something. Say Joba went up and over the plate for him to overreact and try and get in Joba’s head. Yuke seems to think everything should be put up on a tee for him and overreacts at anything high, or inside.
Laura – Release the list!!!
Well the Mets suck ! There the lovable losers.
It looks like Boston is grappling with how to get around being able to call up Josh Reddick after sending him down only yesterday and replacing him with Billy Traber.
They may attempt to make Baldelli the sacrificial lamb and put him on the DL and hope it slides through.
Hence, Youkilis in LF.
The player I’d be careful with is Kotchman.
Laura – Release the list!!!
August 6th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
This is totally off topic, but did another Mets player get hurt yesterday? I think we can consider it official – God doesn’t like the Mets.
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yeah, Laura. Their rookie pitcher, John Niese tore his hamstring away from the bone. He’s finished for the year.
You’re right. god doesn’t like ugly.
Every time I read about Niese’s injury my arm hurts more.
Laura -
Also, Sheffield re-tweaked his hamstring.
SJ, To summerize, Joba don’t think …..
Boy, people are making it sound like this is a gimme game for the Yankees – it’s not, no game is. We don’t know that the Joba of the last 3 starts will show up and we don’t know that Smoltz won’t find the fountain of youth tonight. Baseball is unpredictable – I’m not counting my chickens before they hatch.
I agree with Doreen -I don’t want to see Joba airmailing a FB over anyone’s head. If he wants to show how tough he is, then let him carve up their lineup.
That Boston lineup is going to be tough for any pitcher. That’s a rough 1-8 and even Lowrie had some good games against NYY last year. It’s a mistake to take that line-up lightly.
I didn’t even bother reading “Breaking Down the Series”. Right now at the present time…the Sox are a better team. They have beat the Yanks 8 straight times. Yanks to need to win 3 out of 4 and they still would be 3-9. Until the Yanks can beat the Sox at Fenway or beat them more period, advantage Red Sox. Ortiz stinks this season, unless he plays the Yanks. I am going to pay attention to A Rod and Ortiz this series…will tell me alot about A Rod…I think they will split 2-2….
“Laura – Also, Sheffield re-tweaked his hamstring.”
There must be some black cat running around the bowels of CitiField.
I also predict Joba goes about 5 innings as his pitch count will be high w/a lot of 2-2 and 3-2 counts…..
I dont think anybody feels this is a gimme game for hte Yankees tonight.
I think most people feel the Yanks are a better team, are at home, and have a better chance of winning 3 out of 4 than the Sox do.
I feel bad for the Mets. No matter,how much I hate them,I do feel bad for them. Injuries to key players are the worst. If Met fans really want to put the blame on someone,it’s Omar. He didn’t stock that farm system up to prevent things like this. Poor Met fans.
RDM
Yeah and the yankees in the 2004 season destroyed the Red Sox in the regular season, and guessed what happened they collapsed. Just because you beat a team in the regular season doesn’t mean anything.
I agree Joba has to stay with what has worked for him since the ASB. That will be difficult with a pumped up crowd and Youk almost standing on the plate.
There is no “gimmie” game,,, especially when a team has drubbed you 8 straight times…..
CM,
the Mets rotation was thin at the start of the season.
Everyone though the oft-injured JJ Putz was the key to the season (plus K-Rod, of course).
The Mets would be struggling anyway, just not this much
There’s no one in here who thinks this is a gimme game except for some pollyanna types.
Everyone knows Joba has the potential to shut them down or get smacked around and be out early. We also know that as awful as Smoltz has been this year, he might find some magic tonight on the big stage.
All 4 of these games will run about 4 hours long and probably come down to the bullpens.
sorry I meant guess what happened
“Yeah and the yankees in the 2004 season destroyed the Red Sox in the regular season, and guessed what happened they collapsed.”
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please, in light of the Sox steroid use, please use an asterisk.
” the Yankees collapsed* “
Different season Jeremy…the Sox are in the Yanks heads right now until Yanks win a few and would carry over to the post season like in the last couple the Yanks have played in
Niese’s injury was sickening – I had to turn away. I saw pics of the poor guy and he looked like he was in agony; I really hope he’s going to be ok.
Kay said Phil isn’t the same pitcher? LOL Did he ever think maybe the kid is just going through a bump in the road or that he’s fatigued? He’s giving up more hits, but he’s not being tatooed. Always keep in mind that Michael Kay never really liked Phil…….
“I feel bad for the Mets.”
I would except I’m sure that Mets fans didn’t cry for us when CMW went down. Plus, I’ve got a few friends who are Mets fans and they have told me flat out that they don’t want my sympathy. Fine. Then they won’t get it.
BD 2.0,
Yea, that’s a good point,too. Outside of Santana,their rotation didn’t look to great. The Mets just don’t have the farm system,either.
Will catch you later. Where I live, I don’t get to watch too many Yankee games, but I will see 3 of them this series which will be nice. Go Joba and A Rod and the rest of the team
Yep, these games last an eternity – usually, I want to pull the hair out of my head, lol. I wish Phil was available tonight……is Acves? Boy, I hope so. If not, we’ve got Coke, Melancon (not that he’ll pitch), Robertson, Bruney…….ick.
Again, I will be very satisfied with a split. That would take 4 more games off the schedule and leave the Sox still 2 1/2 behind.
I don’t know, even Omar might get a pass on this one. How stocked can a farm possibly be? Except for David Wright, every regular position player has been on the DL.
I emphasize the “might,” however.
For anyone interested, live chat up on my blog right now. Will go to first pitch. http://www.puristbleedspinstri.....-heat.html
CM,
no doubt.
aside from Fernando Martinez, I couldn’t name another decent propect for the Mets that was close to major league ready.
(I guess Niese and Parnell but I don’t think either is that great yet)
“UPDATE, 5:19 p.m.: David Ortiz came out for BP just now. No signs, no boos, no nothing. Kid in a Cano jersey asked him for an autograph.”
That is a huge problem. Hopefully the real fans will come later and tear him a new one.
anyone have a link to Phil’s velocities last night?
RDM
“Different season Jeremy…the Sox are in the Yanks heads right now until Yanks win a few and would carry over to the post season like in the last couple the Yanks have played in”
Well weren’t the yankees in the Sox heads in 2004 and all theose years, and like I said before what happened? The yankees collapsed. Here’s another example: The yankees dominated the Tigers in 2006 and the Indians in 2007 and they lost badly. What happens in the regular season does not exactly dictate performance in the postseason.
Betsy
Robertson has been one of the better relievers in the pen. So I wouldn’t call him “ick”
Director John Hughes dead at 59 Heart attack.
“anyone have a link to Phil’s velocities last night?”
http://www.brooksbaseball.net/.....revDate=85
a split of the series is the worst the yanks can do…split is not ideal but it is acceptable…tonight is so crucial..i hope joba stays within himself and just plays catch with jorge and pictures the cornfields of nebraska…thing harlan is gonna be their tonight?…but seriously, theres one thing to remember about this series
1) the season is not over after this series no matter WHAT happens…a yankee sweep or a sox sweep…worst the yanks could be is 1 1/2 games out or the 6 1/2 games up…neither of them is season over…but i admit that the yanks have to atleast split..
GO YANKS and GO JOBA!…this might be the most important start of his career..not when you look at the standings, but when you loo at the 0-8
p.s. can we also not throw joba off the bus if he has a bad outing today? hes had 3 great starts in-a-row but as we all knw, young starters are very volatile..anything can happen
RDM
August 6th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Will catch you later. Where I live, I don’t get to watch too many Yankee games, but I will see 3 of them this series which will be nice. Go Joba and A Rod and the rest of the team
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No tv cable under the bridge, huh?
John Hughes – Home Alone
I’m just hoping and praying that they win tonight. One win. And then take it from there. One win because I don’t think I can stand (or anyone) to see that zero anymore and I don’t want the suspense to linger over any more games.
Thanks, CB. Hopefully a certain mistake will be avoided in the future.
The Geek: Can I borrow your underpants for 10 minutes?
sixteen candles
Richard Vernon: [From his office] Jesus Christ Almighty!
Richard Vernon: What in Gods name is going on in here?
Richard Vernon: What was that ruckus?
Andrew Clark: Uh, what ruckus?
Richard Vernon: I was just in my office and I heard a ruckus.
Brian Johnson: Could you describe the ruckus, sir?
BD 2.0,
The only one down in their farm system that is worth noting, is probably Ike Davis. He is supposed to be a power-hitting 1b. But haven’t heard anything about him for a while…
Phil’s cutter is basically acting like a change-up for him when the velo spread between that pitch and the four seamers is great.
please, in light of the Sox steroid use, please use an asterisk.
” the Yankees collapsed* “
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Nonsense, they did collapse. And if we did include that asterisk, might as well put an asterisk next to ’99, ’00 World Championships.
The Yanks spit the bit and it wasn’t because Ortiz and Manny were juicing.
GreenBeret7
August 6th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
RDM
August 6th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Will catch you later. Where I live, I don’t get to watch too many Yankee games, but I will see 3 of them this series which will be nice. Go Joba and A Rod and the rest of the team
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No tv cable under the bridge, huh?
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that is hysterical. The #1 Yankees critic on this blog, who is the world’s foremost authority about all things related to baseball, rarely sees a game?
Not entirely sure about Ramiro Pena to be honest. Amazing glove, very poor bat. He did OK in NY but needed to get some at bats in AAA.
And those at bats have shown – that he really cant hit. At all. He is hitting .241 but that is only cos he got off to a hot start. Lately he has been absolutely brutal.
If they bring him up it is basically saying that he won’t bat this year – ever, and they would rather have a late game defensive replacement than allow him to develop into an all round player.
I still don’t get why we traded away Alberto Gonzalez to the Nats.
Celebrity death?
Yanks got this one in the bag!
The Breakfast Club was his best movie by far.
“UPDATE, 5:19 p.m.: David Ortiz came out for BP just now. No signs, no boos, no nothing. Kid in a Cano jersey asked him for an autograph.”
Somebody throw that kid out of the stadium.
Betsy
August 6th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Niese’s injury was sickening – I had to turn away. I saw pics of the poor guy and he looked like he was in agony; I really hope he’s going to be ok.
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As ugly as that was, I’ve seen uglier that didn’t involve a pitcher getting hit by a batted ball. A very promising pitcher for Tampa back around 1999 or 2000, broke his pitching arm twice while throwing a pitch. An exceptionally good pitcher for Cinncy, Tom Browning (who pitched a perfect game) had the same thing happen. The saddest one was Dave Dravecky who pitched
Phil,
The pitch by pitch velocities are easier to look at in the gameday from yesterday. His four seamer didn’t fall below 95,IIRC.
His cutter was 90-91.
He’s throwing very, very hard.
It’s ON like Donkey Kong!!
Go Yanks!
fearless prediction: A-Rod will break out of slump in a big way in this series. He’s due.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/ru.....mlb,181227
lets hope cashman can work some of his magic and get them to join us. we need the depth
Mariano has allowed some runs — he just didn’t earn them. Like 2 the other days that were charged to Hughes.
But hats off to Mo!
Trevor, I like Robertson’s talent, but I really don’t trust him yet. He’s too up and down for my tastes………
The saddest one was Dave Dravecky who pitched for SF and san Diego was recovering from cancer in his pitching arm and had most of the deltoid muscle from his pitching arm removed and came back the next year two start and win two games. On his last pitch, the arm snapped. While the arm was being repaired, doctors discovered that the cancer had returned. They removed the arm at the shoulder a week later.
Anyone? Bueller?
Does Barry Manilow know your raid his closet every morning?
“Trevor, I like Robertson’s talent, but I really don’t trust him yet. He’s too up and down for my tastes………”
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I think we are spoiled when using the word “trust” because the Yanks have Mo and Hughes. It’s downright impossible to trust anybody as much as we’d trust those two.
A solid reliever will sport an ERA around 3 and that means they’re still giving up a run every 3 innings they pitch.
It seems like Robertson is going to be able to give them some added dependability out of the pen… hopefully to the tune of apx a 3 ERA.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/ru…..mlb,181227
lets hope cashman can work some of his magic and get them to join us. we need the depth
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That article makes it sound like those players might be able to help a major league team this season. I’m sceptical of that…they haven’t played in a while.
Al Harrington and Chris Duhon??? Don’t they play for that minor league basketball team in the fancy arena?
CB, SJ44, or anyone who has seen Marti from Cuba pitch…
do you think the Yanks will and/or should make a run at him?
what will it take to get it done?
LOL, another mindless RDM post.
The better team has been the Yankees since the day Arod came back. They are also in first place so, at least right now, they are the better team.
Head to head matchups in baseball don’t always tell the entire story.
The Nationals lead the season series against the Yankees. Are they the “better team”.
Keep stalking Arod. Its your entire, one trick pony act.
Now can I say it …AROD is in a slump, I wasn’t allowed to last week..Since 7/12 he has 9 RBI’S & 2HR’s.
“The Breakfast Club was his best movie by far.”
by far?
Curly Sue (1991)
Uncle Buck (1989)
She’s Having a Baby (1988)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Weird Science (1985)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
Curly Sue is the Worst by far all the others are top notch – IMO
“There’s a missle in my bedroom! A missle!
I honestly think this game is the most important game of the season. Win tonight, and all you need is one more win the next 3 games to still hold the 2.5 games lead.
But if the Yankees lose tonight, then all of a sudden it’s 0-9 with Beckett on the mound tomorrow.
I don’t think there has been any game this entire season that could have such a positive impact, as well as an incredibly negative impact.
“That article makes it sound like those players might be able to help a major league team this season. I’m sceptical of that…they haven’t played in a while.”
they are cuban veterans with a lot of experience. Both of those guys are major league ready. Marti could provide nice depth and who knows, he can’t be worse than mitre. If they sign soon they could be ready quick.
Erica – always OPPC
August 6th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Does Barry Manilow know your raid his closet every morning?
Classic.
Mike Axisa wrote a nice article on Marti
http://riveraveblues.com/2009/.....elp-15447/
BD,
Marti is a back of the rotation guy in the majors. He’s ok, nothing special.
What will it take? $$$$.
Is he worth it? I’d hold my money for Chapman.
He hasn’t pitched competitively in over a year. He’s not ready to help anybody right now, despite the spin from his agent.
CB, I know and they’t loading up and cheating and still only able to foul them off! That’s why the cutter has been like a change, thought I still think he should try to develop a split-change for when he goes back to the rotation.
As hard as Cashman is looking for pitching help, I think the best option we have is to give Mark Melancon the ball more often. Time to trust the rook.
advice to Joba, control & pitch inside
Arod is 11 for his last 34. That’s a .354 BA. That’s not a “slump”.
If it is, lets hope he’s in a “slump” the rest of the year.
He’s been swinging the bat much better the last week. The power results will soon follow. It always does when he begins to get locked in.
GB, that’s sad. I ‘ve read that Dave Drabecky’s was a horrible injury to see – I feel so sorry for players that suffer such terrible injuries. It’s just a game (no matter how seriously I take it), but this is their careers at stake…….Drabecky also overcame cancer, I believe.
RIP John Hughes. I saw Sixteen Candles, but I didn’t love it. On the other hand, I adored The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller (which I hated the first time I saw it). I used to have a major crush on Emilio Estevez, so I saw it a few times just for him!
Curly Sue (1991)
Uncle Buck (1989)
She’s Having a Baby (1988)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Weird Science (1985)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
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Sixteen Candles will always be my favorite
Gonna have to have a John Hughes movies mini-marathon this weekend between red sox vs. yankee games.
Rest in peace John Hughes
Oh yeah, Time for the Yankees to kick some Boston Red Sox butt
FYI – the mother and father from Ferris Bueller are married in real life. They fell in love on the set…….just thought that was a cool tidbit.
thanks SJ…
I was wondering if he would be a viable #5 for the remainder of the season, as well as helping to spell Joba to keep his innings down.
I guess not… but if the Yanks get desperate, you never know.
“That article makes it sound like those players might be able to help a major league team this season. I’m sceptical of that…they haven’t played in a while.”
they are cuban veterans with a lot of experience. Both of those guys are major league ready. Marti could provide nice depth and who knows, he can’t be worse than mitre. If they sign soon they could be ready quick.
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The article in RAB says these guys all defected LAST YEAR. They haven’t been pitching for a year…there is no way in this world that they can get ready in time to help a major league team this season.
http://riveraveblues.com/2009/.....elp-15447/
come on..it’s AROD & all about hitting HR’s & driving in runs, we have a lead off hitter in Jeter..the guy is batting 4th
BD, are you Boston Dave?
yes Betsy
needed to finally get that “Boston” outta my name
he must be getting all his hits with nobody on base
if you scroll over “BD 2.0″ – you’ll find my true identity
Phil,
Hitters are cheating big time. They know he’s going to throw the fastball – and still can’t square it up.
There is no deception involved for the most part. The velocity, movement and location have been phenomenal.
You can see that more and more. It might get to be an issue as they sit dead red.
Think the cutter is actually too hard to act like an off speed. Only a 5-6 mph difference. Ok. Not great.
Just a sense – i think hitters are picking up his curve ball early. Not that he’s tipping it – they’re recognizing it earlier. Or at least earlier than I’d think they should. It’s not getting as many swings and misses as I’d expect given how good his fastball has been.
Hughes switched his change up grip this off season to the split change grip. Unfortunately he hasn’t gotten much use of it, at least in game situations.
The change is the key to his future. He dials that in and he’s a legit #1.
That’s the pitch he needs. It would be a devastating pitch in the context of his current repertoire.
“The Red Sox rate as the worst defensive team in the majors based on the Team Runs Saved data available at Bill James Online. The biggest issue is the left side of the infield, which has been abysmal in 2009. Injuries have taken their toll on Mike Lowell, and you can see that the Red Sox have been 23 runs below average at third base this year. Just between Lowell and Julio Lugo, the Red Sox have lost about 30 runs (or roughly 3 wins) defensively. Fortunately for Boston, Jed Lowrie is back playing and should improve the defense.”
Betsy August 6th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
FYI – the mother and father from Ferris Bueller are married in real life. They fell in love on the set…….just thought that was a cool tidbit.
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I never knew that. Very cool
Once Upon A Time In The West
Great Score, Sergio Leone movie. Once Upon A Time In America
(uncut version) ranks equal to the Godfather.
With this type of mojo, the Yankees become an irrestible force.
Thanks Pete.
Everyone in the media is saying that this is Chamberlain’s biggest start ever. LOL I know it’s big, but they are trying to make this game into a game 7 alcs Bos/NYY with Chamberlain pitching.
Get a grip and learn baseball. We already have one Arod stalker on here. We don’t need another.
I don’t care where he hits in the order, he’s hitting .354 and his slugging and OBP numbers are still strong.
He drove in a big run early against Halladay the other night to set the tone for that win.
He’s hitting the ball much better lately and his BA reflects that.
If you followed his career at all, instead of stalking him, you would realize that he starts getting hits first and then the power returns when he is in a slump because he begins to find his center, right center stroke.
If you are going to stalk the guy, at least be good at it.
JOBAMANIA: Joba Chamberlain is 3-0 with an 0.83 ERA since the All-Star break. He has allowed only eight hits over 21.2 innings while walking eight and striking out 19.
JOBABOSTONMANIA: Chamberlain is 2-1, 3.49 in his career against the Red Sox in four starts and four relief appearances.
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All this means is that Joba due for bad game
Just visited MLBTR and found these two links: http://jorgesaysno.blogspot.co.....auses.html
http://blogs.suntimes.com/whit.....s_man.html
The White Sox,once again, don’t know where Bartolo Colon is.
“All this means is that Joba due for bad game”
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well, either that or the guy is just plain good.
“The Red Sox rate as the worst defensive team in the majors based on the Team Runs Saved data available at Bill James Online.”
The Red Sox last year had one of the three to five best team defenses in the game.
The collapse of their team defense this year has been one of the biggest surprises in all of baseball. It’s an amazing turnaround.
And every single way of assessing defense says the same thing – they have been an awful defensive team this year.
GUESS THE LINE UP STANDINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here are the current standings for “Guess the Line Up”.
After 13 rounds, there have been 35 different winners as follows:
Ramey – 3 Wins – 7/22, 7/21, 8/6
Yanksfan – 3 Wins – 7/28, 7/29, 8/6
Andrew – 2 wins – 7/27, 8/6
CM – 2 wins – 8/5, 8/6
Eights – 2 wins – 7/27, 8/6
IDCWYT – 2 wins – 7/28, 8/6
Jon Locke – 2 wins – 8/5, 8/6
Miggs – 2 wins – 7/23, 8/6
NYY626 – 2 wins – 8/4, 8/6
Patrick the Prospect Hugger – 2 Wins – 7/27,7/17
WTTCTOHA – 2 Wins – 7/24, 8/6
YankeeRay – 2 Wins – 8/5, 8/6
Ben 8/6
BBfan 7/27
Bill 7/27
Bronx Jeers 8/6
Club Tight Five 8/6
Dan the Man 8/6
Durham Yankee 8/5
ePic 7/29
Evan D 8/6
Henner 7/27
Hokiehill 7/22
JD 8/6
Nick 8/6
NoHype 7/28
RayVT 8/5
Rebecca 8/6
Rich 8/6
RS 7/24
SA 8/6
The Fair Pole 8/6
Upstate Kate 8/6
William Buckner 8/6
86w183 7/23
Joe Girardi (no winner) 7/30, 7/31
Congratulations again to everyone that won today. Next round is at 2pm tomorrow!
The kid that asked for Ortiz’s autograph should be promptly be escorted out of the stadium. And shame on his parents!
The Red Sox last year had one of the three to five best team defenses in the game.
The collapse of their team defense this year has been one of the biggest surprises in all of baseball. It’s an amazing turnaround.
And every single way of assessing defense says the same thing – they have been an awful defensive team this year.
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Two words:
Nick Green
I think Joba is locked in,pitch inside & show the emotion you have been = a win tonight, but I sure hope they are leading by more than two runs going into the 7th – 8th innings
BD, lol……..and you’ll change back after the series or are you now BD permanently? Of course, you’ll always be BD to me….
Betsy
August 6th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
GB, that’s sad. I ‘ve read that Dave Drabecky’s was a horrible injury to see – I feel so sorry for players that suffer such terrible injuries. It’s just a game (no matter how seriously I take it), but this is their careers at stake…….Drabecky also overcame cancer, I believe.
RIP John Hughes. I saw Sixteen Candles, but I didn’t love it. On the other hand, I adored The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller (which I hated the first time I saw it). I used to have a major crush on Emilio Estevez, so I saw it a few times just for him!
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Yeah, Dravecky was a very good pitcher. He’s been a counselor and has written some books, one was on motivation and faith, ywo were about his comeback attempts. One was rewritten for kids without all of the gory details. I said earlier that the arm was removed 10 days later, but, it was longer than that. The Dave Dravecky books are “Comeback” and “When You Can’t Come Back” are very good reads. The Christiam motivational book is “Called Up”.
When the Yankees win the big one, you can play “Ecstasy of Gold”
Phil will pitch in winter ball, for innings and to try do get that darn change under control. He’s got an aptitude for pitching, so it’s odd that the change is so difficult for him. Then again, between injuries and now being in the pen, it’s not like he’s had a ton of time to work on it. I just believe that hard work pays off – I find it hard to believe that Phil won’t get that change down to be a good, solid pitch for him
“Two words:
Nick Green”
Green hasn’t been good, but no, it goes way past Nick Green. One player cannot explain what’s happened.
Lowell has been awful do to the hip. Bay is a horrible defensive player. No more Coco crisp. Even for the brief period of time he played Lugo was really awful defensively.
And by defensive measurement systems – Ellsbury has not been good at all defensively.
It’s a huge team wide turnaround.
S.A., isn’t that cool? I love stuff like that……
CB: I hope I answered your question decently, it was a very good one =)
I am sorry, I didn’t realize the “GTLU” standings had gotten so ridiculously long until I posted it. (I do a lot of copying and pasting).
Is it really annoying everyone? I could start listing the standings for people with more than one win only, then it won’t be so overwhelming. But I don’t want to upset people who just won for the first time.
Let me know what you all think
Hughes’ select writing credits:
Now I’ll stop unless responding to someone.
The guy had a Huge influence on my generation.
Career Opportunities (1991) (written by)
… aka One Wild Night
Home Alone (1990) (written by)
Christmas Vacation (1989) (written by)
Uncle Buck (1989) (written by)
The Great Outdoors (1988) (written by)
She’s Having a Baby (1988) (written by)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) (written by)
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) (written by)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) (written by)
Pretty in Pink (1986) (written by)
Weird Science (1985) (written by)
European Vacation (1985) (screenplay) (story)
The Breakfast Club (1985) (written by)
Sixteen Candles (1984) (written by)
Nate and Hayes (1983) (written by)
Vacation (1983) (screenplay) (short story “Vacation ’58″)
Mr. Mom (1983) (written by)
“Is it really annoying everyone? I could start listing the standings for people with more than one win only, then it won’t be so overwhelming. But I don’t want to upset people who just won for the first time.”
That might be a good idea. You seem to be doing way too much work with this game.
Interesting how playing in the Bronx, coupled with a 2.5 game lead, helps to soothe the soul and calm any nerves!
If we can’t punish Smoltz I am going to be extremely surprised.
If the fans in the Bronx don’t punish F’Ortiz, I will be extremely disappointed.
If Joba doesn’t buzz Youkilis, that will be extremely good!
GO YANKEES!!!
GO YANKEES!!!
Not bad that Jason Bay had to be back in Pennsylvania to fix a wheel on his cart.
rebecca,
you did. to me that is the central question on tonight’s game with regards to joba.
it’s now whether he’s going to brush youkilis back, etc.
It’s what approach he takes. The one that worked well specfically against the sox back in May. Or the more recent approach joba has taken since the break.
Erica – always OPPC
August 6th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
I am sorry, I didn’t realize the “GTLU” standings had gotten so ridiculously long until I posted it. (I do a lot of copying and pasting).
Is it really annoying everyone? I could start listing the standings for people with more than one win only, then it won’t be so overwhelming. But I don’t want to upset people who just won for the first time.
Let me know what you all think
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Continue doing what you’re doing, Erica. 99% of the people enjoy it, even if they don’t submit one. A lot of people are enjoying trying to outsmart Girardi (like that’ll happen) and gunning for bragging rights. Trolls and idiots don’t count. They really are’t people, anyway.
“The kid that asked for Ortiz’s autograph should be promptly be escorted out of the stadium. And shame on his parents!”
Don’t be surprised if it’s a tiny Sux shill.
CB:
Indeed. I don’t care how Joba gets the outs as long as he gets them and is generally throwing strikes, not getting to 3-ball counts on all the hitters.
Too much at stake to brush back anyone.
They want Joba to grow up, right?
let’s get a win and then discuss shenanigans.
‘nother big night for Melkman
i hope joba doesn’t get in his “must get a strikeout mode”
that is the most annoying ___ ever.
Joba will buzz V mart. welcome to the rivalry.
“I can pretty much guarantee you the chant of
“YOU DO STEROIDS” WILL BE HEARD ALL OVER THE STADIUM TONIGHT.”
That will be so good. And not for anything, but there certainly isn’t a lot of good will shown to Arod when he visits fenway. Turnabout is more than fair play, even though I truly believe that Yankee fans are a lot more self actualizing than Sux fans.
I hope Hughes can improve his changeup for when he goes back to the rotation. Didn’t Santana not refine that pitch until he was about 25 years old? Hughes still has time.
Thanks GB7-
Thats what I thought. It starts really innocently one day when someone said “lets guess the line up” and I actually kept track of the line ups they guessed. And from there it sort of took on a life of its own.
I really don’t mind it as long as it doesn’t begin to interfere with my real job too much. I kind of like doing it. But if it gets too overwhelming, then I’ll reevaluate.
“Too much at stake to brush back anyone.
They want Joba to grow up, right?”
Absolutely.
Papi hits one…
just the way its gonna go.
Hope I’m wrong
Yeah i asked Ortiz for an autograph once. But i made him write “To My Loving Fan, i did HGH, PED and all the other type of steroids found in baseball” signed David Ortiz
I would like to get Papi to autograph a Hamilton blender manual.
My Papi post made me think
fells like a Haiku night!
“Papi hits one…
just the way its gonna go.
Hope I’m wrong”
Eh. The saying goes that solo home runs happen to all pitchers. If it happens NBD.
Joba should come out throwing gas like its the eigth inning. Burn off the adrenaline and testosterone build up.
Then maybe settle down and pitch.
Papi hits one…
just the way its gonna go.
Hope I’m wrong
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If this is you’re idea of a bad haiku…it’s in incorrect form.
Papi hits one high
it is far…. it is caught. Roids?
would have made it gone.
Manny and Big Papi are NOT the modern day Ruth and Gehrig?
Erica – always OPPC
August 6th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Thanks GB7-
Thats what I thought. It starts really innocently one day when someone said “lets guess the line up” and I actually kept track of the line ups they guessed. And from there it sort of took on a life of its own.
I really don’t mind it as long as it doesn’t begin to interfere with my real job too much. I kind of like doing it. But if it gets too overwhelming, then I’ll reevaluate.
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Well, if your boss is so narrow minded that he won’t allow you to do this instead of working, he’s no fan. Seriously, do it however you want….whatever keeps you out of trouble. If you don’t have your job, you wouldn’t be able to afford the internet and couldn’t do lineups, anyway.
If Joba doesn’t hit someone or buzz them in the 1st inning, Smoltz will in the bottom of the 1st. They will try to take away Joba’s inside pitches.
I am willing to admit I was wrong about Joba in the pen, but ONLY because Hughes has been even better than Joba was there. Imagine if we had lost 10 extra games because the pen couldn’t hold onto a lead in a tight game. These close games are happening on a daily basis.
We are where we are NOT primarily because of Joba, but because of our pen, the clear unsung hero on this team this season.
I don’t know how you give the edge to boston in this category. I think the yanks have the best pen in baseball since Hughes has come around.
CB,
Though I had suggested it, I didn’t realize he has actually grabbed it. It should be a devastating pitch for him. And I do agree they are somehow identifying the curve, because that’s basically the only pitch they’ve been able to his fair balls off of.
“Yankees expect a sellout or close to it. Ridiculous that’s it’s uncertain”
Who cares. Can’t we just let that one go for good? You get into the Stadium free. Not everybody does. We’re in a recession. Prices are up. Get over it.
Man has it gotten expensive to go to these games. I wont say what I dropped to get decent seats for all 4 games! Yikes!
“Got Milkshakes?” would make a good t-shirt.
Somebody get this to Bald Vinny.
Btw- Yahoo called this the “series of the millenium”. Not sure how sarcastic they were being…
“Man has it gotten expensive to go to these games. I wont say what I dropped to get decent seats for all 4 games! Yikes!”
Case in point. Reference my previous post.
the top tickets cost about$2300 who can afford them.. $2300 for a regualr season baseball game is insane……………….
win tonight and take 3 out of 4 will be great…joba needs to go 7 of 2 runs or less, please…………..
I have not watch one R*d S*x – Yankees game this season. May be that explains why the Yankees are 0-8 thusfar.
John Yuuussssee. RIP.
Some Kind Of Wonderful, an very underrated flick, imho.
Big Johnson
August 6th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Man has it gotten expensive to go to these games. I wont say what I dropped to get decent seats for all 4 games!”
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And you really are a “Big Johnson”
*Some Kind Of Wonderful, “a” very underrated flick, imho.
couldn’t let that one, go — sorry.
I was just picked for Yankees trivia. Anyone in section 420 c help me out after the 2nd.
Andrew from Brooklyn
“And I do agree they are somehow identifying the curve, because that’s basically the only pitch they’ve been able to his fair balls off of.”
I’m somewhat concerned about this. His swing and miss rate on his curve should be much higher than it is. Maybe he is tipping. It’s particularly strange because the quality of the pitch itself is very good. Very sharp, good break, nice velocity differential. Maybe he’s not selling it with enough arm speed. Hitters just seem to see the curve right out of his hand far too often.
“Who cares. Can’t we just let that one go for good? You get into the Stadium free. Not everybody does. We’re in a recession. Prices are up. Get over it.”
Trisha,
This was the best post Ive ever seen you make.
Just got home, lot’s going on here, and getting ready to watch the game.
CB – am I getting the gist of this right, from reviewing some recent comments – Phil Hughes is working on a change? I’m a big believer, as many are, that a FB pitcher with a change can be devastating.
Am I right that Phil is working one one? SJ, anyone, any insight or thoughts?
Can we please pound smoltz back to atlanta? Do not make this guy look like the smoltz of old.
CB,
It has resembled AJ’s best curve at times, and yeah, it’s a mystery to me that they are squaring it up at all, so he must be holding his glove differenttly or something.
Joe, Phil really won’t be able to work on the change again until winter ball – he’s not going to let himself get beat on his worst pitch. He’ll get it down………
Maybe Phil’s curve hasn’t been so great lately because he’s fatigued? If that’s not it, maybe he’s just gotten into some bad habits mechanically? That should be easy to fix….
MLB Network just did a really nice piece on Hope Week and the Yankees involvement. The players really went out of their ways to participate, that’s a great story.
MG August 6th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
MLB Network just did a really nice piece on Hope Week and the Yankees involvement. The players really went out of their ways to participate, that’s a great story.
Made me happy/sad all at the same time
The yanks beat buerhle and Halladay in the same week. If they can’t beat a 43 year old Smoltz then I don’t know what to say.
Darn, I missed it MG – glad that MLB did something on that as Hope Week was a wonderful thing; it sure made a lot of people happy.
MLB Network just did a look back at the HOPE week the Yankees had. It was very touching. Very sad as well.
Just a question, are most of you watching on MY9/YES or MLB Network?
Im in texas so I obviously have only MLB choice.
What do you guys think of David Robertson’s stuff and his role going forward this year and down the road?
Lets get ready to rummmmmmmmbbbbbllllleee!!!!!!!
Enjoy the game, all.
I’m onto Jeopardy.
Catch you later.
I’ll be really surprised if the Yankees don’t light up Smoltz tonight. He’s given up 6 HRs in 36 innings, look for some long balls early.
It’s a shame that a great pitcher like Smoltz (who is also a very classy guy, just remember his interview after losing game 4 in the ’98 WS when he said-I pitched the best I know how, they are just better than me) has chosen to go out like this. I know Tom Glavine was insulted by the Braves this year after rehabbing but he’s better off than Smoltz, no one saw him pitch.
Time to buckle down boys……
It’s very sad that the gentleman with ALS died Tuesday.
“What do you guys think of David Robertson’s stuff and his role going forward this year and down the road?”
Will be great if he can learn to pitch in high-leverage situations
most famous? what about bill clinton?
Good luck to the Yankees, and to all the good folks here. If the Yankees are winning, I’ll sneak a peek here.
I’m way to jittery for this game.
*too
“Im in texas so I obviously have only MLB choice.”
Joe we only have one choice as well as MLBTV/Network Yankee games are blacked out in NY.
I remember getting WOR (old channel 9 ) when I went to school in Tucson. Used to watch Ranger games.
“For my money, Ali is the most famous guy in the world. Who doesn’t know who he is? ”
you gotta be kid-me pete, unless by “world” you mean “USA”
come on joba.
pete I agree about Ali being the most famous…but Barrack Obama is catching up to him quickly
MG
Don’t you mean 99 world series?
Wouldn’t it be something if Joba K’s 12 tonight?
Actually, ALI is known EVERYWHERE in the whole WORLD it is amazing but true.
MY9 quality is so horrible. I hate watching games on this channel, wish i could watch it on MLBN
Can I start the evening off complaining that I have to listen to the NESN on MLB Extra Innings? I guess My9 doesn’t have a deal with them. Drats!
Rafael
Actually Ali is one of the most famous people in the world. He was very popular around the world when he was a fighter.
wats with the over-tanned damon pic in the background?
Lets go Yankees!
Joe in Texas – some of us even less forunate happen to live in Sux territory so are relegated to the NESN broadcast.
Jeremy
August 6th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
MG
Don’t you mean 99 world series?
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Jeremy, you are correct, sir. Thanks for the correction.
It’s my birthday I want a win!
Laura – Release the list!!
August 6th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Can I start the evening off complaining that I have to listen to the NESN on MLB Extra Innings? I guess My9 doesn’t have a deal with them. Drats!
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Same problem here, at least Jim Kaat is announcing
Bronx jeers
I know. was not meant to be a haiku
wow the stadium looks packed
Game on. I’m stressing
I’m nervous.
How sad about George Murray. At least he got to live to see his dream come true.
Laura
I meant on the MLB channel
Just got nervous all of a sudden.
It’s on. Go Yanks
no reason to be nervous, the players are the ones that have to do something…
time for Joba to show us what he is made of
We don’t get to see the same things but the NESN cameras focused on Arod and Jete during that tribute to George Murray and Jete seemed very affected by it.
Poor poor man. 38 years old. I hope you are watching this from heaven George. The Yanks are going to win this one for you.
MG
No problem. Smoltz is a nice guy, but the yankees need to lite him up.
Let’s go Joba! I am nervous and pumped at the same time!
“no reason to be nervous, the players are the ones that have to do something…”
There is nothing to fear but fear itself. But if you need a little boost here, playing in the Bronx with a 2.5 game lead with Joba on the mound, facing Smoltz, should cause you to be able to lean back with your feet up, blowing casual smoke rings.
.999 fielding % for Teixeira.
Nice way to start off the game. No Ellsbury on base to lead off an inning makes me feel a lot better.
Ump SQUEEZING Joba
Happy Birthday Carl!
Yankees will win this one for you and George Murray.
that was a strike.
That was bad location…completely missed Posada’s target.
i hate pedroia.
I hate Pedroia
Thanks Trisha
Joba needs to get his offspeed pitches working, and fast.
Nice shake off Posada some more.
Anyone have a link to the game? Thanks.
I wonder why the rest of the baseball universe hasn’t realized that it is indeed better to throw sidearm like Cano always does and follow after him. Now why is that?
Cmon Joba. DP!
Just get a quick DP here.
Okay, this is NOT what we needed.
Come on
dp please!!!!!!
Girardi is telling him not to hit him yet.
DP ball. Come on Joba!
Well, Joba is not going to get outside strikes. So he probably needs to make a quick adjustment. Either that or buzz the ump!
Umps has made it obvious that the pitches need to be right over the plate. Joba has to stop the nibbling they won’t swing that those pitches.
serenity now
Joba’s slowing down his pace again way too much, especially with a man on base.
David Roidtiz
boooooooooooooooooooooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!
Good move by Girardi coming out to the mound. This is not how Joba has been pitches. Tentative again.
Youk was pissed that he made out since you know he is Babe Ruth and always expects a hit…
Ortiz is getting killed
Atlanta, try this:
http://sticktv.net/
Joba, i’ve got faith in you. Keep ahead of the hitters, and it’ll be your W. Don’t let the hype get the best of you, leave that to us fans…
Congrats to the Red Sox for beating the Yankees tonight.
Joba versus Smoltz…
Rising stars and setting suns…
Yearning for autumn…
Ortiz is pissing me off
Thank God, I can switch to the MLB Network. Those BOS drones were getting on my nerves.
those jeers for Tubby sound quite hollow.
I’m somewhat concerned about this. His swing and miss rate on his curve should be much higher than it is. Maybe he is tipping. It’s particularly strange because the quality of the pitch itself is very good. Very sharp, good break, nice velocity differential. Maybe he’s not selling it with enough arm speed. Hitters just seem to see the curve right out of his hand far too often.
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I contend that they are sitting curve in a lot of counts. The swings he gets on his fastball are usually late. I feel like they are adjusting to the fastball while looking curve. This has resulted in many swings and misses and called strikes. Particularly on fastballs down the middle
The lack of juice in the crowd is embarrassing.
Singleton brings up a good point with the list. It can just be used as a weapon.
Not getting the inside either!
Who’s behind the plate?
THANK YOU !!!!!
Nice job getting out of that jam.
Nice job. Lets go to work offense!
What is steroids crying about now?
The red sox keep stepping out of the box. They are trying to slow Joba down.
nice job working out of that joba…hopefully that was just some first inning jitters and he’ll settle down!!
Big pop up
phew! ok its only the first inning and my heart is racing. I have a love/hate relationships with these series.
What was Ortiz complaining about?? Toss him!
DYNASTY IS DESTINY!
August 6th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Joba versus Smoltz…
Rising stars and setting suns…
Yearning for autumn…
Thanks!
Chill people!
Uncle E,
Not bad for a serendipitous haiku then!
Still though, the sentiment was awful.
See, Ortiz does not go deep. Inning and “Crisis!” over.
Whew!
And what was Ortiz talking to Cousins about?
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“The lack of juice in the crowd is embarrassing.”
Actually Stephen I think it’s because Yankee fans in the Bronx are a lot more self actualized than Sux fans. Sux fans focus on Yankee foibles. Yankee fans focus on the same thing – Yankee foibles.
This ump doesn’t look like he’ll be helping Joba any.
Things in the top of the 1st almost played out like they did in my nightmares…. but somehow they didn’t!
Stephen
The NYS design is not the same as the old yankee stadium so the noise level won’t be the same.
lol @ people complaining about the empty legend seats.
“I contend that they are sitting curve in a lot of counts. ”
That’s not it. He throws the curve so infrequently now. He doesn’t even have an identifiable “curve count.”
In fact’s it’s just the opposite. As Phil posted before – hitters are cheating fastball on hughes all of the time now. All the time. That’s how good his fastball has been. There is no way they are sitting curve.
I don’t think Joba slowed down his pace that inning. If you noticed, the Red Sox batters stepped out of the box twice. It’s obvious they’re trying to mess with Joba’s rhythm, and that might have been why Girardi came out to talk to him.
How is that pitch a strike if Joba’s weren’t??
Bad ump, now he gives Smoltz outside corner (rage).
“Still though, the sentiment was awful.”
moment of weakness
did Michael Kay minor in lip reading in broadcasting school?
Any idea of why Ortiz was trying to intimidate the ump after he flew out?
foul early and foul often guys
Jeter already with a good AB to start it off
I would love to see if the Yanks can work counts and get Smoltz out early. That bullpen is beat up
Phil
August 6th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Any idea of why Ortiz was trying to intimidate the ump after he flew out?
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Maybe he thought thats how you get on an Ump’s good side?!
If the faster players get on base they can run like crazy on Vmart. He is a terrible catcher…
I wish we had a Smoltz/Pettitte matchup and Buchholz/Chamberlain matchup this series.
Vintage Smoltz
Smoltz looks old out there.
I think Ortiz was telling the ump that he looks like of tired tonight and that Ortiz has some special milkshake he’ll share with him between innings.
Ortiz has been intimidating umps for years. They literally, as a team, cannot make an out without having a conversation with the ump.
13 pitches and counting so far…
nice start for the Yanks off Smoltz
Damn what did he just swing at..
Come on Damon. Swinging at that garbage.
“It’s obvious they’re trying to mess with Joba’s rhythm, and that might have been why Girardi came out to talk to him.”
Agreed on the sox stepping out. Very good move on Girardi’s part to come out to the mound.
Joba was working slower than in the last few games and he did slow down when Pedroia reached.
I think that’s what Girardi saw and why he came out to the mound.
He looked like Mark Buehrle Jr. last game against the rays. Didn’t have that pace tonight. So it wasn’t so much that he was “slow” just “slower” than he has been working.
Settled down after Girardi came out.
Lots of pitches between two batters. I’ll take that. Come on Tex!
Fouling pitches off is a good sign. Hopefully that means they’ll be able to get to him the second time through the order.
If I’m not mistaken, Smoltz got off to good starts against the Rangers, Royals, and Orioles. Then in the 4th or 5th inning he imploded.
Smoltz looks far from impressive tonight. His slider isn’t as tight as it was last time out. Once they time his fastball, they’ll hit it.
I think the Yanks will get to him soon enough.
Smoltz’ slider is pretty good but his fastball is really hittable…
I don’t think Smoltz wants anything to do with Tex.
Alex?
Lets go A-Rod!!!
Vintage Smoltz
HA HA HA!
Do it, ARod.
I think Teixeira can steal on these guys.
“If I’m not mistaken, Smoltz got off to good starts against the Rangers, Royals, and Orioles. Then in the 4th or 5th inning he imploded.”
That’s right. He’s generally gotten through the first 2-3 innings ok – even striking out a number of hitters.
But then falling apart – especially by giving up home runs.
make a statement Alex!
61 ends here!!
If A-rod comes thru he probably won’t get booed for at least a day
Smoltz started out well in his previous starts but his stuff looked better in those games, IMO.
I think the Yanks can get to him NOW
Arod is such a guess hitter, it really hurts him sometimes. He just let 2 cookies go by because he was looking fastball.
I’ve always admired Smoltz as a competitor. Seeing him with the B on his hat just doesn’t feel right. He’s better than that.
They’re playing baseball, they’re not laying on couches !!
the yankees need to respond.
JRod,
I feel the same way.
Since he made the wrong choice, I’m still enjoying his failures so far.
ARod
sit down. how do you tkae that pitch??
Ump is on the take. They really want us to go 0-9
sub optimal.
How does alex not punish that pitch?
that was not a pretty ab…24 pitches though…thats good
a freakin pitch right down the middle. Come on !
that is LOW.
A-Rod striking out, the only thing that surprises me about that is that he didn’t strike out swinging at a pitch out of the zone
Then there’s A Rod…looks strike 3 right down the pipe…Damon swings at ball 4 way inside…Jetes almost out of the batters box swinging at ball 3….come on guys….
He’s been taking a lot FB right down the middle lately.
THe bald guy behind home plate is “John McClain”
Yippe Kay Ay!!
Back to work Jobber
MG-Agree, its frustrating when you know he decided what he was gonna swing at before the pitch was even delivered
Arod stop looking and start swinging. That is the book on him fastball right down the middle and he takes it for the strikeout.
Well, at least they made him work a bit. Hopefully the other lefties can get to him.
That pitch was more than high enough and right down the middle. Don’t blame the umpire for that one, A-Rod took a meatball because he “guessed wrong.”
He has so much natural talent, if he just trusted his hands and stopped guessing he’d hit .320 with 50 HR every year, but he just beats himself by overthinking.
That was a low strike. I will take it.
Melky jogged to that
doubles are us, Joba.
Gonna be a long night for Joba if he keeps leaving those pitches up.
Joba is missing his spots with the fastball. He needs to get more aggressive and get strike 1, strike 2. If not he won’t be long for this game.
Come on ! Do the Yankees want to win ?
Chamberlain doesn’t have it tonight, that’s obvious.
That was a strike!
EMPTY SEATS???
FIRE LONN TROST!!
Wow that first pitch to Lowell was just like the Arod strikeout
Not looking good…Joba looks done.
joba’s off right now…please find it joba…where was that 2-0 pitch
Matt,
How is your research on Carl Everett going?
We never heard back from you on that one.
Missed you the past two games. Ironically, they won and you weren’t around. What a surprise.
No corners for Joba, holy bleep!
Umpire doesn’t want to give that pitch away huh…
Joba not looking too good…
Girardi needs to go back out there. Stop the nibbling.
3 in a row. Ump gives him nothing. No wonder why the Sux score alot of runs. They never swing and strikes are seldom called
Ump calling the high strike, but not the low one.
How is that low? Inconsistent strike zone…
Does Alex or any other “Guess Hitter” become such a hitter or has he always been of the persuasion?
I can’t understand how a dude with A-Rod’s ability would ever decide it necessary to “Guess”
I only played thru high school and I was more of the Cano persuasion myself lol.
But in all seriousness it’s very difficult for me to imagine that A-Rod is actually GUESSING with every pitch but it clearly looks that way.
If we can’t beat a Bay-less team, there’s no hope.
Joba not getting the same pitches Smoltz is getting.
Old Joba out tonight ! Come on !
The bad Joba is on display tonight. The one that nibbles, attempts to hit corners, and works slow. Tough, its gonna bo 0-9 at the end of the night.
It does look like Joba is getting jobbed on some of those pitches. Orsillo just said that the last pitch sure “didn’t miss by much.”
Umps must have his check from Peter Gammons in the mail.
Joba needs to remember this team is not the Royals they don’t swing at curveballs in the dirt…Here we go…
Joba’s gotta come right at the bottom of the order and get out of this jam
CB,
I don’t know what you’re talking about with Everett, because you certainly weren’t talking to me.
You are so oversensitive, get over it. I don’t post here every night because I don’t sit on my computer every night posting on a Yankees blog.
It’s not because the Yankees are winning or losing, it’s because I’m doing other things with my time, like oh, watching the game rather than “calling out” all the posters who don’t agree with my opinion?
I love it when umps have 2 strike zones. It clearly means joba is nibbling instead of throwing strikes that the umpire is just too terrible to call.
is this Joba’s worst outing in second half?
do the Sox ever swing?
Jeremy, will you relax. You sound like an idiot.
Anyway, this ump is squeezing. But they did say before the game that he was a hitter ump, so whatever.
Umm, this isn’t the Joba that tries to hit corners, it is the one who is hitting corners and not getting them called.
Looks like pre-All Star break Joba has shown up tonight. The only batter he’s attacked all night was Youkilis. Every other batter has been nibble, nibble, nibble. He’s gotta settle down.
In the previous inning, the MLB announcer suggested that Smoltz’s low BB rate was the silver lining to his high ERA.
Based on the stat CB quoted earlier (batters averaging 3.94ish pitches per plate appearance vs Smoltz), perhaps not so much.
crowd sounds loud tonite
Loud ass cheers lol
Kay forgot to tell us that Peter Gammons is the ump behind the plate…
This might be a 5-inning affair for both pitchers.
A bad outing is due for Joba… he’s been too good for the last couple games. He’ll probably pitch 4 and 2/3 inning tonight
Joba looks better since Posada came out.
attack! attack! attack!
“If we can’t beat a Bay-less team, there’s no hope.”
If the Sux couldn’t win either game in the Trop there is no hope. No hope.
No hope for the Sux. Ah my heart is hurting and my breaths are coming short. No hope. Alas, I fear I shall die of a broken heart.
No hope for the Sux. Nooooooo………hoooooope
PLUNK!
here we go, establishing that low strike
Joba ~ Mitre
On that May 5th start Joba made where he had that rough start against the Sox and then suddenly flipped on the swith to strike out 12 through 6 Joba mixed his pitches better than any other stretch of the season.
He had command of all 4 of his pitches.
But in that game he only threw around 49% fastballs.
The past three games he has thrown 65% fastballs each game.
The question for me tonight is which direction Joba would take – would he keep throwing fastballs at a high rate with a fast pace.
Or try to pick up what made him successful at the end of that May 5th game.
posada still hasnt learned how to frame a pitch or how to recieve a ball yet…amazing!!!
Jim Kaat said it’s really tough to have 7 days in between starts, said he would have had to warm up for 30 minutes to be ready in the 1st inning.
Nice K!
Honestly, that wasn’t even a strike on Lowerie.
Wow, Cousins actually called something at the corner.
That was a strike, but Posada moved his glove up too soon (the fastball probably had some movement).
There is hope!!! Oh thank you God there is hope!!! Hope for the Yankees. Oh YKW I think we shall be alright. Pray God, we will be alright man. Alright!
92mph fastball
81mph curveball
96mph fastball
another victim for Joba
if this ump is calling the high strike that should play right to Joba’s strength, it’s just a matter of adjusting a little.
He attacked Lowrie. Maybe that is the only batter Joba isn’t afraid of…
Why would you walk Ellsbury to face Pedroia?
i hate dis ump
Rediculous, he’s pitching scared to NO POWER JACOBY.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!! Too many pitches!
40 pitches already. Stop nibbling.
Joba about to load the bases.
Come Joba gets this guy
Loading the bases for Keebler is a bad, bad idea. He absolutely kills Joba.
Gotta knuckle down and get the third strike here.
slider coming?
BAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
nice pitch by joba but da ump is makin him work
41 pitches for Joba.
Wow……Joba the Pitcher
GOOD STUFF, buckled him and I could actually hear the crowd
Wow, nice, I give credit to Posoda for calling that pitch and Joba for making, yankee stadium is rockin
Nice K!
good job joba! now please..settle down!!!
K’s are us, too, Joba!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At this rate, Joba will barely go 6 innings
with no runs allowed
Ump, with the inconsistent zone. Joba need to adjust.
Yes. Now be agressive the rest of the way. Because this umpire sucks !
Wow. That breaking pitch was just FILTHY. GREAT pitch to get out of a jam. Corner turned?
Joba, as I said earlier…way too many pitches…42 through 2…..not in very good control so far…
I forgot where Posada was set up but I would think Joba missed badly with that slider.
Left it up and over… got away with it. Fine with me but still.
This could be the game that puts away the “Joba to the bullpen” argument forever, if he can battle for 6+ innings and the Yankees win the game.
Nice comeback by Joba.
bye bye…
He really cranked it up after the walk.
This focus on pitch counts early in the game is a waste of energy. He could have 9 pitches next inning. Pitchers don’t throw 5 innings with no runs scored against them with 100 pitches, if they lack command they start getting hit. If the Sox don’t score, he will settle in and have some low pitch count innings.
i like the head nod!!! Joba pitching more fastballs makes the breaking stuff more effective. Now need some 1,2,3 innings outta him. Good start though.
We will find out if he turned the corner next inning with the meat of the order up
I think it has more to do with this umpire than Joba nibbling. Hopefully he’ll settle down now, though.
This rate, 5 IP for Joba
We need to win this one, cuz we face Beckett the dominator tomorrow. lol
Posada is really having to coax Joba through this. He’s been out to the mound several times, pointing, etc.
They just need to get Joba through this rough patch and let him settle in.
Nice job by posada getting coaxing him through. And nice job by Girardi settling him down in the first.
Joba has no bite on his breaking pitches tonight, but just enough change of speeds to keep the hitters off balance. His fastball is so good, he needs to keep going to it as much as he has.
Please everyone excuse me and Y.K.W. We are off to dance ’round in circles, jump up and down, throw our heads back, and giggle like little children. We’ll clap and clap and then we will kneel and give thanks to the gods who have looked favorably on us.
Y.K.W. is finally out of his fear and depression. Kill the fatted calf. He was worried that the Yankees wouldn’t be able to win and then suddenly Joba became dominant!
Y.W.K., I couldn’t be happier for you.
tool
It’s time to smack around Smoltz. He looks like he is 50 years old out there throwing 80 mph. They have to make sure they swing at strikes. He had them chasing a couple of pitches in the 1st.
someone tell posada to sit the heck down and stop jumping at every darn pitch…hes costs joba 5 strikes already and its gonna kill us
Joba might only go 5-6
but Smoltz is on pace for just 4.
and their bullpen is tired.
20 pitches per inning for Jobber, not good
best guess Joba goes 6 and then the ace/coke/mo show
“Joba has no bite on his breaking pitches tonight, but just enough change of speeds to keep the hitters off balance. His fastball is so good, he needs to keep going to it as much as he has.”
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noticed that too.
any reason the why the Yanks always swing at the first pitch?
the curse of Posada, a probable Hall of Famer, rears its head once again on the LoHud blog.
CB, WRONG…posada needs to sit the heck down and catch…Jobas fine. he doesnt need posadas scrony rear telling how to pitch
Smoltz keeps throwing the breaking pitches.
You could see they had a really nice game plan there in the first to take a few pitches and make Smoltz work, and then Matsui and Posada go out there and start swinging at everything near home plate.
I don’t get why some of these guys are trying to be heroes sometimes rather than making the guy work.
posada HOF’er? LOL
I wonder how much of an effect the 7 days rest has on Joba. We remember what happened with Burnett on 7 days. He had no command.
I love seeing HALF THE POSTERS on this blog say nothing when Joba does something well.
Seriously, what is the matter with some of you? Are you even Yankee Fans? Do you even like watching this team???
I really think some of you just need something to constantly complain about in your life to feel some validation.
And ive been around LONG ENOUGH on this blog, so those who don’t do that, you know Im not talking about you.
Nice hittin Po
Nice blooper for Posada.
great ab for jorge right there
nice at bat Posada. Now lets pop one in the stands and get a lead
Nice hitting by Posada. Time to smack Grandpa around…
how many pitches fo smoltz ?
You could see they had a really nice game plan there in the first to take a few pitches and make Smoltz work, and then Matsui and Posada go out there and start swinging at everything near home plate.
I don’t get why some of these guys are trying to be heroes sometimes rather than making the guy work.
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Jeter swung at 90% of the pitches in his AB, he just happened to foul them instead of putting them in play.
Damon was 0-2, including a swing.
Teix was literally the only one not swinging
No-hitter gone. And Robbie is up without a RISP.
Let’s go Cano, continue with the patience…
freaking Red Sox announcer just said the Yankees get a different strike zone than other teams
I don’t like HR’s as much as I do stringing together hits, makes the pitcher work and having someone constantly on base divides his attention.
Can you imagine seeing Michael Kay when you are half asleep at 4am??
Smoltz – 36 pitches and counting
CHECK THIS OUT!
Eck just said that people around the league believce that the Yankees get a better strike zone, that if you wear the pinstripes you get the benefit of a better strike zone, and that Smoltz’s last pitch was an indication of that.
Does he smoke dope?
get that pitch count up.
Gosh. Being a yankees fan in Boston is difficult. These NESN reporters are the worst I’ve ever heard and are so damn biased. Just call the game. Re: Jorge Posada’s hit, the NESN reports just went on a rant about how ‘players in pinstripes get a different strike zone and get the benefit of the doubt in a close call.’ Why do they keep making excuses!
37 pitches for Smoltz.
Mac Daddy August 6th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
posada HOF’er? LOL
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You’d have to be on crack to think Posada doesn’t make the hall.
“WRONG…posada needs to sit the heck down and catch…Jobas fine. he doesnt need posadas scrony rear telling how to pitch”
Girardi never comes out to the mound unless it’s to take pitchers out. Never.
I suppose he went out to the mound that urgently himself for his own health rather than because he saw something that concerned him greatly?
So Girardi also need to “sit the heck down?”
Ok. Joba looks great. His pace and command have been just like the past three games.
da ump is makin both pitchers work.. to be fair
Eck is a terrible announcer…
I miss Jerry Remy.
Eckersley is atrocious.
When Cano’s working the count, you know it should be a good day for the offense.
trisha – OPPC lifetime member with ice water in her veins!
Eckersley is an idiot
When was the last time Cano walked? lol
runs please
I feel a 3 run bomb coming
YES! Work the count Robbi!
there’s that tiny strikezone again
clearly a strike to Cano
a nice ab for cano..any walk is nice for him…but especially one that involves a full count
Cano walks. wow. he…walked…
Swisha up with bases juiced. He is due for a hr at YS.
robbie walks?? lol. cmon swish!
good patience robbie. lets go swisha house!!!
WHO WAS THAT GUY IN THE ROBINSON CANO SUIT WHO JUST TOOK A WALK!!!
Try MLB Channel if you have it, Laura. Its tolerable, and Jim Kaat is announcing.
the ump is being consistent, squeezing both pitchers
bases are not juiced… and swish doesn’t hit at home.
Definitely agree about Eck. Yeow.
I hate him! He can’t make comments without making a dig at a specific person/player. I just want to tell him to STFU.
Is this game a race to 100 pitches? Im not sure who’s gonna win. Im thinking we should take bets.
Swish needs a 3-2 count.
Swish calm down you don’t need to swing out of your shoes.
just to shut up this blog once and for all, opposing batters are hitting .682 against Smoltz on the FIRST PITCH
and you wonder why they are being aggressive?
wow posoda
Why come he didn;t slide?
OMG
slide Posada
SLIDE!!!
that was horrible
WHAT. THE. HELL. POSODA.
OMG
Are you kidding me, Posada? Why didn’t he slide??
The end of the world is coming! Cano just walk AND there’s a man on base!
What was that PO?
Ridiculous, this is why we are 0-8.
Posada is an idiot
The hell Posada. Slide HELLO!
Horrible baserunning.
why… didn’t… he… slide?
What the hell? What on earth was Posada thinking? Lame.
what was that, posada??!
Wait did he get tagged?
that is unbelievable
extra out for Smoltz
no run
What the heck
what…..the…….
HOLD HIM WITH ONE OUT HE IS OLD AND SLOW.
What in the world is Posada doing!!! Doesn’t even slide. He really is the worst baser runner EVER. Just terrible..
I think he would have been safe if he slides. Damn.
Posada doesn’t slide anymore? Cripes.
Anyway, we’ll still take this game.
I still haven’t seen him get tagged
Posada LOL
Terrible baserunning
Posada is terrible right now. His head has not been in the games AT ALL for the last week. I have no idea what’s wrong with him. That just cost us a run and an out. Just abysmal. He’s too good to be playing this miserable brand of baseball.
melky shudda told him to get downn man
Pete,
you better ask about this one
This is why this team is 0-8 against the sox. Stupidity
heads up play by that dbag pedroia.
I can’t wait for young blood @C.
Jorge is a travesty on the bases.
He didn’t realize the throw was coming. Bad base running.
Posoda should be benched for that horrible play, you punish a player for lack of hustle. Molina should be catching when the next inning starts.
Well that was a new way the Yankees haven’t screwed up against the Red Sox yet.
Man, even in softball you learn to slide at an early stage!
*disbelieving*
Ack. Who knows, that failed slide might end up being the turning point of the game.
Bone head play for Jorge.
Does Posada think he is Jeremy Giambi? What a brainfart.
Was Melky telling Posada to slide on that? My first inclination was to blame Posada whole heartedly, but was Melky doing his job and telling him to get down?
Posada definitely blew it, but I know there was a situation with A-Rod on a close play where Melky wasn’t telling him to slide.
Bench Posada, that play is inexcusable.
Nice base running Posada…
that just cost the Yanks at least one run, and at least 4-5 extra pitches for Smoltz.
horrible.
See they get stupid when they play the Red Sox. It’s what we saw the first 8 games.
worst
baserunner
ever
posada, i love you, but that was sooooo bad
HE DIDN’T GET TAGGED
Donnie-
other than what you have just witnessed, can you actually give one example of what you are talking about???
something is up with jorge lately, he seems out of it the past 10-15 games
Great……
Yankees stroking liners left and right with nothing to show for it so far.
Cue clowns.
Wow. We totally let Smoltz off the hook on that one
it wasn’t just Posada (who made a horrible play). Thompson sent him and Cabrera should have been signalling him to slide. Oh well, next inning…
Somebody needs to find out what is wrong with Posada. His baseball fundamentals are nonexistent and have been for several games now. First, he’s trying to tag people with an empty glove. Now, he’s forgotten how to slide. It is this kind of bad baseball that dooms us.
Nothing going right = Another loss
As bad as Posada’s base running was, Melky was supposed to tell him to slide
Honestly Posada needs to play less. I really think his brain is fried. He has made WAY too many bone headed plays in the last 2 weeks.
Posasda is really starting to get on my nerves.
Al from BK
August 6th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Bench Posada, that play is inexcusable
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yes, let’s have Molina catch the rest of the series.
Think before you type
Cy 5.72ERA Smoltz….
Uh Oh, I hope we don’t have to look back at that play later tonight.
Ellsbury hit the cutoff man too.
Does Melky hit the cutoff man there or try to throw it all the way home?
I wonder if Cervelli makes that slide…I’d wager he does being that Cervelli almost tackled Johan Santana earlier in the season in an attempt to beat him out to first base
Did he not learn anything from the Jeremy Giambi flip play? I just don’t see the point in not sliding. He is slow and it wasn’t that assured of a run.
Wow that is truly one of THE WORST base running mistakes I have ever seen in a major league game. 1 million times out of 1 million, that play should be a run, 1-0 Yanks, two guys on and one out. Instead the Yanks get nothing. Jorge holds up because he thinks there is no throw??? What a joke… I would pull him right now just to wake the guys up.. that type of play is unacceptable…
It blows my mind on how awful a base runner Posada is.
Why he didn’t slide or better yet knock Martinez on his ass is beyond me.
Jorge blew that one. Melky should tell him to get down a little more emphatically. It looked like he just flicked his wrist a couple of times.
This is what I’ve been talking about.
Posada looked like Borat trying to score on that play. A total bum, 100%.
And we’re stuck with him for a couple more years.
Posada pulled an absolute rock.
Inexcusable. That’s entirely on him.
Awful play.
That is the kind of play that turns the momentum in a game around. The way Smoltz was pitching, that is the kind of clutch hit by Swisher that could have led to a BIG inning. Posada’s inexcusable baserunning blunder could have cost the Yankees big time.
Matt, you’re tee-ball coach is calling you, practice has started & you are late………..
No way is that on Thompson. No way. If he was running hard, he was in there with a slide. Thompson has proven himself to have great judgement at third this year.
i cant even describe how mad i am right now…that was one of the more stupid plays i have ever seen..posada looked towards second, he didnt see there was a play at the plate?…they needed to strike first, they still might, but that was there chance right there..
Posada needs to sit for that bone head play. Gotta give us more than that coming into home. Where is Pete Rose when you need him…
Pitches-strikes – J Smoltz 44-27; J Chamberlain 42-24.
Both have 2.0 2 0 0 2 2 0
They’re the same pitcher thru 2nd!
“yes, let’s have Molina catch the rest of the series.
Think before you type”
That is a mets type play, Yankees don’t slack off like that.
As a base runner how do you come to home plate and not slide?!!! Is he a woman and once again afraid of contact?? He looked like Abreu and the RF wall….
I know Posada runs like he has a load in his pants but how do you not slide. Melky was telling him to hit the ground. Extremely poor base running. Jorge gave up too early.
Stop with the excuses Paul. Never assume anything. He should have slid.
Actually, it was a mediocre throw by Pedroia and Melky did tell Posada to slide (albeit not emphatically).
This game is over.
Smoltz has nothing tonight- liners all over the field and even the called strikes he is getting are hangers. That baserunning play by Posada is the worst, laziest head up your arse play I’ve seen in a long time. Don’t ASSume… you know the rest.
Elf boy…ugh
Ok, kids, calm down. Posada is not getting benched nor is he getting DFA’d. It was a mistake. Move on.
Ugh, you just knew something like that would happen.
That reminded me a bit of Jeremy Giambi as he kept running when Jeter snagged him on that amazing tag play…
What was Jorge doing.
Momentum turned that fast.
Jorge can hit. A born hitter.
Apart from that, it seems as if baseball just doesn’t come naturally for him.
He has no instincts.
THAT was a homerun?
Game over
what a great 0-2 pitch… gag
man…
That was just frag.
Swish looked drunk out in RF.
Okay- I am disgusted with the attitude of some people on here tonight. CHEER YOUR TEAM!
I will be back when there is a lead and the misery is gone
Thanks Jorge, I appreciate it bro, this game has swung big time… absolutely sickening
This is just great. Nice going Posada and now Joba gives one up to the elf.
Well that was a stupid blunder by Posada.
And what was Melky doing??
it’s very strange how bad a base runner posada is.
he’s a very tough guy in the punishment he takes, yet he has no killer instinct on the bases.
maybe it doesn’t make me a nice person, but i take out the catcher hard and low with my spikes on instinct. it’s a free shot. you take it as you score.
shame on posada on that one.
A Yankee stadium homerun. UGH
Ofcourse Posada costs them a run at the plate. Joba with an 0-2 fastball right over the plate to the smurf. Joba is not long for this game.
examples of posada’s recent struggles: the phantom tag, horrible at bats, bad baserunning everything
Lol at the people who would pull Posada and stick Molina batting 6th.
Erica,
Tagging a guy with the glove, while holding the ball in his other hand against Chicago. Not paying attention to the baserunners and allowing a steal of home. Swinging first pitch on pitches WELL out of the zone, following a walk on four pitches. That was done several times in one game, actually.
Several others I’ve forgotten, I’m sure.
THANKS JORJIE.
This is entirely your fault. Captain BRING DOWN>
This is why we will never win a game this year against this team.
Cano can’t hold Pedroia’s jock, which is ridiculous since Cano has twice the talent but half the brains and hustle.
Red Sox once again. This team folds so easily.
If you see the replay, Melky did tell Posada to slide he is just an idiot and should be benched.
Can yes STOP showing the troll. Please!
Yankee Stadium is officially a bandbox. That is the first opposite field homerun Pudroia has hit in his entire MLB career. You can look it up.
Don’t blame Posada on that one. Melky didn’t give the right signal for a slide. It was more like a relax you’re in sign. Watch the replay.
I wonder how many pitches Joba is at already…
This park is a JOKE
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what was that thing on the field? i thought it was the ball next to cabrera.
Pathetic… Posada lost this game for us… defining moment for him… what a Sally..
So Posada makes one mistake and he should be benched? His world series rings are telling you all to shut up. He should’ve slid, he didn’t. Move on. It’s the third inning. Games far from over.
I mean that was only to be expected after we gave away a chance at a run. Now all I get to hear about is the great relay throw when all the credit should go to Posada’s mental mistake.
Joba needs to get it back together and deal.
Yanks are lucky if Joba even sees the 5th inning tonight..
Nice to see the trolls showed up quickly.
Now Joba is depressed, and lost the zone. Jeez, this team finds new ways to disappoint.
Melky flicking his wrist like that looked more like he was saying hold up no play rather than get the f down.
0-2 on Dustin…and Joba sends a meatball down the middle….
I’m still kinda shocked by how boneheaded that play at the plate was.
Fire Posada
Bad,bad play by Posada. I don’t know what went wrong there.
Posada should be killed. how do you not slide?!?! he should’ve shown victor martinez what this game means. he clearly doesnt care about this game, and he should be benched.
“As bad as Posada’s base running was, Melky was supposed to tell him to slide”
Yes, that’s because Posada just got called up from AAA, and you know, it was a case of nerves and the veteran Melky really should have helped him. He looked PATHETIC. Good God, even Molina and Matsui, when they lumber home, do what appears to be a slide and they manage to touch the bag!
That was 100 percent on Posada.
thats what makes him a mvp….if we one of the four we will be lucky.. they have something over us this year…what can you do
Swish is going to rack up some (more) kangaroo court fines if he keeps busting up that wall
It’s the David Ortiz Jersey Curse!!! The Curse is killing Ortiz and Yankee at the same time!!!
“Okay- I am disgusted with the attitude of some people on here tonight. CHEER YOUR TEAM!
I will be back when there is a lead and the misery is gone”
Erica,
for the most part I agree with you. But when you make a gaffe like Posada just did that COMPLETELY turned around the fortunes in this, still very young, game….you do not cheer that.
You just dont.
Joba 50 frickin pitches in 2 IP.
51 pitches for Joba
3 walks already…and here we go…..
Looks like we have the old Joba tonight.
A lot of pitches for Joba!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And now Joba is rattled. Again, Posada’s fault.
Too bad Ace pitched so much yesterday. The bullpen will be fried after this Joba nibbling game.
The game is only in the third inning and it is already over? Wow.
3 Walks, 3 Hits in two-plus innings including an 0-2 home run. Great start so far.
Stop throwing pedroia FBs. He seems to always get hits off the FB.
Posada just took the crowd out of it.
I love Paul O’Neill, he’s one of my favorite all time Yankees.
Unfortunately, he’s not a great announcer. Seriously.
I am cracking up every time he says Schmoltz.
C’mon Mike or Kenny, correct him off-air or something.
At this point, this feels like a mental block on the part of the team. Just play, just pitch and just hit like you’ve been hitting for the better part of the last 2 months.
Too bad Joba can’t plunk youkilis
Throw a freakin strike
wow BD, 51 pitches already. Crazy… He will be lucky to make it past the 5th
“Posada should be killed. how do you not slide?!?! he should’ve shown victor martinez what this game means. he clearly doesnt care about this game, and he should be benched.”
Exactly. The Red Sox want these games more, forget about this team in the post-season if they can never beat the sawks.
The bad Joba is back, taking his time between pitches afraid of the Sox.
Jorge should be benched for that terrible play.
I give up. This team just folds when they play the Roid Sux.
Dr Cox-
I am not saying we should pat Posada on the back and say “that’s okay”, but we can move on with our lives and not start a lynch mob
We’re losing 1 – 0 in the 3rd inning. It’s not the 9th inning and it isn’t 15 – 0. The game isn’t over. We didn’t “lose the game because of Posada”…Baseball is 9 innigns and 27 outs, people. Come back off the ledges. Reality is calling you
“Stop throwing pedroia FBs”
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its not just throwing Pedroia fastballs. It’s throwing him fastball up and over the plate.
For an 0-2 pitch, that’s about as bad as it gets.
shake it off and bear down Joba. It’s just 1 run.
joba gotta step it up
Melky WAS TELLING HIM TO SLIDE. He was standing there, yelling, imploring him to SLIDE.
Stop deflecting the blame from your boy. Posada made one of the dumbest plays of the season, again. What a freaking shock that the Red Sox capitalized and put up a run to take the lead after that happened.
The Yankees were 0-8 against Boston for a reason- they continued to make CRUCIAL MISTAKES, and yet again they make one.
That is the kind of run that opens the floodgates with Smoltz on the ropes. Instead, the Red Sox are off the hook and taking control of the game.
Only the Yankees could take a huge rally and turn it into NOTHING.
Joba is a joke tonight.
They’d better win ONE game, I am not surprised if they got swept again
If you give up, why do you continue to post?
This game isn’t over. Honestly some of you are just so miserable.
Well, wait ‘tll next year.
First-pitch strikes to just 5 of 13 hitters so far for Joba.
if that was a HR, I was going ot need an ice cream break
“Now Joba is depressed, and lost the zone. Jeez, this team finds new ways to disappoint.”
Al from BK,
I expect this from the no name clowns, but you…you’re better then this.
should have traded joba for lee.
I miss Anti-Matt.
This is why we are 0-8 against them. It’s the little things in baseball and we don’t do them against them.
Posada is a piece of sh.. anywhere near home plate on offense or defense.
i really want to hear posada’s explanation for that play…he knows how important this game is and to leave something like that to chance, just slide, if theres no throw big deal you score, you see guys slide for no reason all the time..
we play passive against good teams not scared
Joba has no command of his offspeed pitches tonight. Even the ones he’s throwing for strikes are a foot away from Posada’s glove.
It’s not difficult to see why he’s struggling.
Joba’s offspeed pitches still dont look too good.
He’s going to have to locate the fastball, which is pretty much all he needs.
“Now Joba is depressed, and lost the zone. Jeez, this team finds new ways to disappoint.”
Only if you are someone who gets bogged down by minutiae and is easily disappointed.
Buck up, this is the team with the best record in the majors
and is first place in the best league in the majors. They know how to bounce back. I am frustrated with the dumb play Posada made but certainly not disappointed in the team!
jackass….
# Phil – Definitely not an OPPC member August 6th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
If you give up, why do you continue to post?
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We’re venting.
another ploy by the Sox to slow Joba down!!!
So now Melky’s being blamed for the boneheaded baserunning blunders of teammates.
The stupidity on this blog is really second to none.
Jorge w/the do-si-do. Showing Victor his great dance moves.
Oh, well. It’s the 3rd inning, and Smoltz looks like the Old Smoltz, rather than the Smoltz of Old. The Yanks will get some runs.
Now it’s up to Joba to put a tourniquet on this.
It’s too bad V-mart didn’t start hot dogging it to 2nd.
Youk is such an idiot. He leaned his elbow in, trying to get hit by the pitch.
That was about as lazy as you could be while telling somebody to slide. He barely moved his hand!!
Posada made 1 mistake? Are you serious?
This guy has made a crucial mistake in nearly every game in the last week, and continues to make the same mistakes on a consistent basis.
Girardi has no guts. Swisher, Posada, Cano. 3 guys who go out there and keep repeating the same mistakes without any repurcussions. You make a mistake that bad, you should be PULLED FROM THE GAME.
Anybody who has watched this team against Boston this year knows this feeling. I’m afraid this feels just like the rest of them, all losses.
The yankees fold evertime this year to the Red Sox. Unbelievable, better hope that Burnett is solid tom.
Well this is certainly a disappointing start for Joba. Pen is short and he’s not going deep in this one.
Joba looks absolutely awful. What in the heck!
He is letting the Red Sox get to him. I can’t understand this kind of baseball.
Throw it over the plate. Sigh.
Come on Joba….
Even if the Yankees do somehow make the playoffs, they just get trounced by the Angels anyway so what’s the difference?
Who is available for long relief tonight? Looks like Melancon may be the unlikely hero cuz Joba is headed for an early shower at this pace.
LIST OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CHEER IF THE YANKEES WIN:
Chickie
JZ
Jeremy
I will continue adding names as the game progresses
This is getting ugly.
I have to turn this off.
Joba has no command he the Yankees have no long relievers.
*sigh*
bad Joba so far.
Walk my way….could be a big inning here….
again serenity now
The real issue is that Jorge stopped running about halfway to the plate. I hate when professionals do that. He could have cut a second off those remaining 45′ to the plate and we wouldn’t have this issue.
Joba at SIXTY pitches.
yuck.
need a DP here
Oh wow, the game is over. Need to throw strikes. This game has Anthony Claggett written all over it.
Joba looking stellar in a big spot. This is just terrible. The struggling Red Sox offense is a swing away from being 9-0.
We need a DP real bad here folks…
Joba’s got no stones…
thank you!
thank you very much!
And we get one!
Yes! That’s what I like to see! Come on Joba!
Big dp
it’s a mental block. Either Posada is setting up too far off the plate or Joba is hesitant to throw it across the plate and let the natural movement take its course. Either way, he and the rest of the Yankee pitchers seem to nibble against the Red Sox.
Thanks Poppy.
big break there…come on joba get this 3rd out
Crappy.
Why isn’t Ortiz being booed?
Sure, Matt. Pull your solid-hitting catcher in the third inning because he made a mistake. Handicap that position in the line-up for the rest of the game with Molina. Brilliant.
Girardi has no guts? Seriously? I recall him playing a game in the minors at the end of the season with three broken fingers.
Too bad they are losing, so no Ortiz steroid chants…
You would never know the score is 1-0.
Youks went after Jete.
One more out.. lets go Joba.
Thanks Ortiz, you are a shell of your former self.
We’ve got our big bats coming up next inning. We can get that run back.
Posada’s baserunning play is completely inexcusable. Don’t blame Melky, don’t blame Girardi, don’t blame Joba. That is all on POSADA.
He stopped hustling, he didn’t even slide, and he STILL would have scored because Martinez never tagged him, but he MISSED HOME PLATE.
Posada is dumb, and his miscues are costing them dearly lately. Don’t deflect blame, don’t scapegoat. What he did is his own fault!
Dr Cox-
You are awesome
+1 Dr. Cox
this has 4 hr game written all over it
It was a takeout slide. No problems there.
Jeez, it felt like Joba gave up 5 runs in that inning.
…and now my satellite goes out. Stellar. I take it Ortiz just hit into a d.p.?
Posada sucks !
not the prettiest thing but two innings in a row Joba gets out of trouble.
nice comeback Joba…
“Oh wow, the game is over. Need to throw strikes. This game has Anthony Claggett written all over it.”
You scare me.
i have never felt so bad being down by 1 lol…lets go offense!
Al from BK
August 6th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Oh wow, the game is over. Need to throw strikes. This game has Anthony Claggett written all over it.
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Dr Cox- can you add Al from BK to your list????
What will Jorge say about that play?
You guys are right about the NYY just not doing the little things right and it costs them against a team like the Sox who play the right way. The only reason they were able to gget Posada is b/c Ellsbury hit the cut off man.
If it makes everyone feel any better, the Red Sox definitely feel like they should have scored 4 runs by now.
I just lost channel 9 feed
Jobber said a bad word.
Can we not screw it up and get a few runs
Johnny D.
August 6th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
Why isn’t Ortiz being booed?
Perhaps because of how hypocritical it would look?
Now let’s jump on the old guy!
Christina,
apparently 1-0 is enough to proclaim 9-0.
If the Sox go up 2 runs, I wonder if they can carry over a run until tomorrow so it can be 10-0.
still tight thanks to Big Crapi but Yanks are going to need some middle man to sack up
Matt your 100% right. Posada missed the plate. He took for granted he’d be safe.
What are you talking about Dr. Cox?
Those comments are CLASSIC Al from BK when things are looking bad, lol.
Smoltz fools you he looks dominate and he loses it..We will get to him dont worry
Is it bad that when Posada singled I texted my brother: “Posada on the basepaths. Watch and learn.” He is pathetic. PInch-run for him every time he’s gets on base. Even if it’s the first.
Al from BK
August 6th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
I just lost channel 9 feed
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Devine intervention cause you were being a crappy fan!
Phil,
You don’t like me, but stop making excuses. Girardi has no guts AS A MANAGER. What he does as a player means nothing if he is afraid to make moves with his players. Swisher dropped routine fly balls and made incredibly stupid baserunning blunders on back to back nights, and he continued to play every day despite Girardi having Gardner on the bench. That’s a sign of no guts. Posada allows a steal of home, drops an easy play at the plate the other night in a game that’s even OVER, and he still refuses to pull the guy. No guts.
Posada made an awful, inexcusable mistake. If it’s the first time, you let it go, but it’s NOT the first time he’s made an incredibly stupid, lazy baserunning play. You have to teach these primadonnas that they have to go out there and play hard to earn their starting jobs.
dont worry
I can personally guarantee the Yanks score at least 3 runs tonight
After this series Posada needs a 2-3 days mental break..Unless something is going on in his personal life that no one knows about. Otherwise it is unacceptable..
Posada needs to be replaced. I can’t wait till Montero comes up.
Ouch. A Johnny Damon special into the wall.
Wow…deep fly out.
Jete, you gotta aim to the right!
Nice fake sprawl Ellsbury.
“Posada is dumb, and his miscues are costing them dearly lately. Don’t deflect blame, don’t scapegoat. What he did is his own fault!”
Its not a scapegoat, its a fact. Posada would have made it 1-0 with men on the corners with 1 out.
It completely changed the game.
That’s what Ellsbury gets for trying to make it look dramatic.
tough luck jeter…
Ofcourse that loser catches that…
susZYNNNNN really needs to stop talking baseball.
John Sterling must be on some serious meds to not really lsiten to her speak. She was complementing Smoltz for getting through TWO innings, saying everyone said it would 10-0, blah blah. He’ll fold in 4, chut it Suzynn.
They just showed a reply of Pinella smacking into Fisk. Where has that passion gone?
Posada slides & he is safe & takes the feet out from under VicMac. At least barrow into him & try to knock the ball out.
What a lame play by Posada. He should be fined by the team for that crap.
RF is in the other direction, Jeets.
Smoltz at 44 pitches and Jeter drives the first pitch for an out to help the veteran out.
I feel the team scores first normally loses on the road, between sox and yanks.
Help my MY9 is broken. Seriously about to lose it here.
LOL Erica.
Can you wait until I don’t have a mouthful of rice before you post something like that again?
he looked so winded after!
Oil Can Boyd could shut us down right now
Damn Jeet just missed that.
Ellsbury says, “Go UZR yourself.”
ok Ellsbury did not need to fall down on that play.
1-0 and the game is over?
Wow, just wow. What a bunch of crybabies.
C’mon, Yanks!
Midget robs Jeet. We need to get at Smoltz, dammit!
Boston gets all the breaks.
LIST OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CHEER IF THE YANKEES WIN:
Chickie
JZ
Jeremy
Matt
Al From BK (eh tu)
I will continue adding names as the game progresses
DAMON@@!!!!!
ROCKET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THERE YOU GO!!!!!!!!!1
OMG this game is not over?
YS homerun, tie game haha
But Damon didn’t miss it! They are picking up his pitches now! Way to get it started Damon!
Smoltz really looks like junk out there. Need to take advantage. Of course, the Sox already have exhibited even more offensive futility.
if we get the same “I felt great/this was the best stuff I’ve had all year” post game routine from Jobber I might just wretch.
Woohoo Damon!! Ex Roid Sox!!!
JOHNNY!
Yes ! Yes ! Damon !
Yay!!! PB JD comes through!!!
Thank you Johnny!
You know things are bad when Jim Kaat is ripping the stadium. Maybe he’s mad because they wouldn’t let him announce games.
Yeah, Erica’s PB got his own cheapie.
YEASHIUHHEHUHEUIH!!!!!!!!!!
DAAAMMOONNNNN!!! I need to calm it down with the comments. I just feel so..alone here in Boston!
Johnny Rocket has balls
Tie game. And I can’t believe I’m stuck with the MLBN feed tonight. They’ve blacked out everything else.
MPB JOHNNY DAMON = AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“What a lame play by Posada. He should be fined by the team for that crap.”
Any other catcher goes in hard there, Varitek, Mauer, Navarro, Martin they all take out the other catcher there. Truly absurd play.
a Smoltz special!
I told you they’d get to him. Smoltz gives up lots of HR.
there are more coming… don’t fret.
Damon = Player of the Week
Smoltz is getting tagged now. Time to go back to back.
The Yankees are getting to Smoltz. Every batter going back to Posada has hit the ball hard.
Erica, you have some powerful fan love there girl!
JOHNNY D ROCKS!!!!!
I told y’all the guy will be with us next year. Take that to the bank.
Guess the game isn’t over after all.
Oh Johnny. Your PBF did good Erica
does that make it 9-9??
Nice. The ESPN announcers were just saying what Damon’s not-so-good numbers were against Smoltz…
TEX
Matt – I don’t care enough about you to not like you because I don’t care about you at all.
You overreact and have no idea what you are saying about Girardi. You also have no idea how a veteran player is handled. You don’t pull him and hurt the team for the rest of the game. You pull him aside quietly and talk with him.
Catch a clue…I have a feeling, based on your emotional over the top reactions, you are a 12 year old.
TEXY BA BA!
some of you are such no nothings about baseball. Opposing batter are hitting .682 against Smoltz on the first pitch, why wait?
LETS GO
Alright.. the crowd sounds loud and into the game… excellent!
Youk thanks for playin LF..your a true friend
LES GO AROD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Helen sure is hot!!!
They’re smoking liners off of Smoltz. 2nd time around the order, 3 absolute shots into the outfield.
SJ44,
You havent even seen half of it yet.
wow, that’s a LOUD double
aw man, i thought that was a Tex msg outta here.
come on A-Rod, show up!
Smoltz is gona get pounded and the Sux bullpen is exhausted
Must score, Tex. And that’s three balls that have been SMOKED off SMOLTZ this inning.
wait!
is this the second time through the order?
punishment time!
YIPPIE..YIPPIE..YIPPIE..YIPPIE..You Yankee fans are real losers. Now everything is OK RIGHT!!!!! YEAH
I thought that was gone. Only part of the ballpark that it is not out…
the yankees became tattoo artists in between innings. crushing the ball
I like what I am seeing for the first time tonight!
My TV picked the worst time to poop out
Another foot, and that’s gone.
Throw the KO punch. Time to step on the neck.
Smoltz is in Cy Young form.
Its meatball city for Smoltz. Without Jorge’s gift (and Arod swing through and taking hangers) out he’d be still getting knocked around in the 2nd inning.
Is this the noisiest crowd-stadium jumping!
Dr. Cox
Sorry Dr. Cox I got emotional LOL
ok fellas these deep fly balls need to be aimed at the short part of the ballpark please
Angel – A tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
August 6th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
LOL Erica.
Can you wait until I don’t have a mouthful of rice before you post something like that again?
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I’ll try, but no promises
Somehow the big flies find the deepest parts of the park. That could have been 4 consecutive home runs.
I like Old Smoltz.
Sox better go to long-man extraordinaire Justin Masterson.
Wait, what?
Nice route Youk…Inglett school of outfielding
Is this batting practice?
He just missed it. It was too far down..Damn how many balls can you hit hard in 1 inning and only get 1 run?!!
All these balls, soooo close. Good news is they look like they are figuring Smoltz out.
Dr. Cox,
I agree with you 100%. I was referring moreso to the people who are blaming Melky for “not telling him to slide.” How ridiculous is that? A guy in the major leagues doesn’t know to slide, and people have the nerve to blame the guy telling him to do so!
Typical of Smoltz this year…first time through the line ups, he does ok. Then the wheels come off as the players get a second look.
Suck it up. Its karma for being a whiny fan.
wow. the Yankees smoked 3 balls off Smoltz and only 1 jack to show for it. in any other ballpark those are all gone – Yankee Stadium is so not fair!!!!!
Peter, tho Damon may look like Helen Keller in the field, he is hitting like “Charlie (kingKong) Keller!!
trisha – OPPC lifetime member with ice water in her veins!
August 6th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Erica, you have some powerful fan love there girl!
JOHNNY D ROCKS!!!!!
I told y’all the guy will be with us next year. Take that to the bank.
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LOL- thanks Trisha! You have no idea how hard I am wishing and hoping.
I haven’t worked this hard since he was a free agent in 2005
Smoltz has one of the higher home run and extra base hit rates in baseball. It’s not a surprise that he is getting pelted his second time through the order.
They are now squaring Smoltz up on every pitch. Jeter, Tex and Alex just missed home runs.
Smoltz at 56 pitches
Smoltz is lucky he has that off speed pitch. His fastball is garbage.
Arod in non-clutch form
How many pitches has Smoltz thrown?
Al, if you’re tv feed is down does that mean we’re deprived off your whining the rest of the game?
I’ll miss Matsui’s quiet professionalism next year.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Nice call ump!
What a crock! He didn’t swing.
Thanks ump. Thanks for that.
replay please on that Matsui non-swing
NESN not showing it!
Matt, everyone is jumping on you but I for one appreciate your over-the-top whiny fan performance-art act. Very skillful! You’ve got a lot of people fooled.
Meanwhile, I think John Henry sabatoged Twitter before this game, fearful of Tex.
bring Tex in you clowns!
what a blind ump. must have his RS glasses on.
These umps are awful
Joba needs an 11 pitch inning.
Tito does tend to give his veterans a very long leash. It will be tough for him to pull Smoltz from the rotation when the time comes.
“Going to e-mail me again and tell me Ellsbury isn’t a good CF? That’s a terrific catch. Defensive metrics are fundamentally flawed and only somewhat telling.”
So’s a sample size of one play, Pete.
Yankees are leaving a ton of runs on the field out there.
John Henry’s check must have been processed today.
So blown check swing leads to Matsui K
Damn.. It would of been nice to get that 2nd run. Matsui really helped him out swinging at garbage.
Joba needs to shut the Sox down right now.
King Kong Keller was an absolutely great hitter and Johnny’s having a big year, but it’s not a Keller Season.
Then of course there is A Rod…does anybody get excited at all when he comes up that he might get a hit of some sort….Matsui swings at ball 3 in the dirt…..
lmao, any other park and this game is 1-1
Joba needs 3 outs on 3 pitches
Bah. I wanted two more runs there. Hate leaving Tex on second after a shot like that. We need a quick inning from Joba, and get Smoltz back out there so he doesn’t have a chance to rest his arm.
Looks like Terry slipped a 100 in the umps pocked at third. That was a check swing!
Joba, quick inning please, no shakes no nibbling
Phil,
I didn’t say to pull him now. I said you have to pull him from a game at SOME POINT though to teach him a lesson.
In your world, everyone would be perfect and could do no wrong. However, that is not the world we live in. If Girardi won’t pull Posada from a game in which they trail by 6 runs after he allows a steal of home and drops a throw at the plate, when will he sit the guy down and make him think?
These players take their playing time and their contracts for granted. If he makes mistakes, you sit him down the next game, or pull him when the game is out of hand, something to send a message to him. You don’t do anything, and he will keep making the same mistakes.
You’re an apologist, but come on, look at this objectively. He completely gave it away, and if you can’t admit that he has made a ton of key mental mistakes lately, then you are looking at this team with some pretty big rose colored glasses.
Jeter just missed, Damon didn’t, Teixeira just missed for a double, A-Rod just missed, Matsui looked like he was half asleep.
As hard as they hit some of those balls, I feel really cheated by that inning. But as long as Joba settles down, they’ll have a lot more chances.
It’s just a matter of time before the Yankees knock out Smoltz, do you really think he can make it through the order one more time without giving up another 3 or 4 runs?
NESN not showing it for a reason — not even close. It put Matsui in a defensive mode.
Damn, that had breakthrough inning written all over. The funny thing was Damon’s HR was the least hard-hit ball of them all.
“Dr. Cox,
I agree with you 100%. I was referring moreso to the people who are blaming Melky for “not telling him to slide.” How ridiculous is that? A guy in the major leagues doesn’t know to slide, and people have the nerve to blame the guy telling him to do so!”
Couldn’t have said it better myself. Being a catcher even he should have known to get down.
Whatever, 1-1 new game, lets hope for a rebound inning from the Jobster.
Pete is being the master of the conclusion drawn from a single observation. Ellsbury is a great CF, despite what the metrics say because he made a semi-routine play look difficult. Maybe a truly great CF gets a better jump on that ball, sprints to the spot and puts it routinely in his pocket. I don’t know, but that is what these defensive stats measure more objectively than the naked eye.
I’m bummed! The Yanks are coming back and I’m looking for that true Yankee fan Y.K.W. so we can do the happy dance together, and he is nowhere to be found!!!!
HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!
Hey Y.K.W., aren’t we so happy because you know, you were so worried before and were just positive the Yankees, you know, couldn’t win this game. I just KNOW that being the true Yankee fan you are, you are somewhere just celebrating your brains out.
You are, aren’t you?
SJ, have you seen the true Yankee fan Y.K.W.?
Pete wasn’t as cheap as the Leprechaun’s
Donnie – Will Meet Vernon Wells Under the O’Neill Banner
August 6th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Bah. I wanted two more runs there. Hate leaving Tex on second after a shot like that. We need a quick inning from Joba, and get Smoltz back out there so he doesn’t have a chance to rest his arm.
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You shouldn’t “Bah” you sound like Ebenezer Scrooge. Lets be grateful for the run they put on the board
Though Mussina was a few years younger, in 2007 he went through the same thing Smoltz is going through. Mussina learned to overcome his shortcomings and loss of velocity. I wonder if Smoltz ever will or if this is the end.
Oh man! that would’ve been SEXY!
That would have been insane. I’ve never seen a jump throw frmo that distance before from Jeter.
Lowell can’t run at all, Jeter was in left field before he released that throw.
Dr. Cox,
sadly, that’s what the next 4 days will bring here.
Any mistake made by a Yankee player will be doomsday. Anytime the Red Sox score, the game is “over”.
Then, the Red Sox trolls will show up.
These next 4 days will be great for Pete’s page views, bad fir anyone who likes talking baseball.
I really hate the check swing strikes. In the old days you had to break your wrists on the swing to get a call.
ALMOST Jeter. Dam.
Double PLay, JOBA!
nice try Jetes
Smoltz is pitching on borrowed time.
One yankee hitter after another is squaring him up now – all the way back to Swisher.
John Smoltz is now afraid to throw his fastball.
That’s what it’s come to for him.
That would have been an awesome vintage Jeter jump throw and behind the back tag combo from Tex.
the jump throw !
Joba needs to keep them off the board this inning…Jeter had more time than he thought on that play.
BD 2.0
Christina,
apparently 1-0 is enough to proclaim 9-0.
If the Sox go up 2 runs, I wonder if they can carry over a run until tomorrow so it can be 10-0.
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I’m telling you, its insane. People are ready to declare the game over after only 3 innings of baseball with a score of 1-0. It could be a lot worse. And heck look at that, its 1-1 but I am sure we can all still find something to moan about.
These umps are awful.
The difference between Mussina and Smoltz at that part of their careers was the fact that Mussina was never considered a true power pitcher. He was more of a pitcher that relied on feel and location instead of pure power stuff.
F this.
fashionfinancier August 6th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Oh man! that would’ve been SEXY!
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That was still pretty sexy
Not that hr tho
UGGGG
are you f’ing kidding me? THAT was a homerun?!
O god…
Another cheap homerun. Jesus! 3 cheap runs for the soxs.
are u kiddin me
This is pathetic. Fix the stadium.
nice of Joba to show up tonight…. so freaking predictable
I want this stadium fixed ASAP
Now the game is over.
Kotchman? Really, Joba? Really?
This game is going to be ugly on both sides. These cheap home runs are coming in bunches.
Ok, this is becoming a joke. The stadium hasn’t played like this since April.
This ballpark is a JOKE!!! A JOKE!! Flip is off the end of the bat for a 250 foot homerun. Just pathetic…
Hrmphhh.
Another cheapie. Guess YS owes them another one back.
Wow the balls are jumping out tonight.
Can’t wait to the fences are pushed back in the off-season.
Joba giving the stinkeye to the fence but no matter what park you are in that’s a 360 foot liner over the rightfileders head.
Bad Joba and bad Yankee Stadium showed up tonight.
Uh oh. I think Y.K.W. is going to come back fast now! You know, real upset and all…
That reminds me of BTK. They have the same integrity as far as I can see!
Joba is bad tonight….why is he looking so shocked?
you can’t keep putting the lead off hitter on. I don’t care if it’s the pirates. eventually you will pay.
Matt – you are clogging the board continuing with this, so consider this the end of the discussion. You clearly, by your reaction, have no idea how to manage people. As you grow up, mature, and are put in positions of responsibility over people, you will see that knee-jerk reactions and over reactions do not have a positive effect in the long run. The season is considered the long run.
I hope your server ate its Wheaties, LoHud.
This has been the story of the year. Sox get all the bounces AND the umps on their side.
The stadium is playing VERY small tonight.
Gonna take a lot more than 3 runs to win this game.
It’s just killing me… Jorge sits in that dugout as if he’s the only one that gets how the game should be played.. as if him and Jeet are the only ones that know how to play to win and the younger/newer guys need him to ride them.. well, he better step up later and admit he scfrewed the pooch big time!!!
The right-porch home run is good when the Yankees get it, but when the Red Sox do…
You guys are idiots. We have 18 more outs.
How anyone is calling this game over is beyond me.
Kotchman killed us with the Angels so why wouldn’t he with the Red Sox
LIST OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CHEER IF THE YANKEES WIN:
Chickie
?JZ
?Jeremy?,
Al From BK (eh tu)
BRYAN
I will continue adding names as the game progresses
ONE of the reasons why there are so many home homers is the fence is so damn short in right field… that last one for sure would have been a double if the fence had been a few feet higher… after the season extend the fence up like it was in the old stadium (where did that go wrong???) and that will help
Joba giving up HR’s and walks left and right and he looks shocked….
Whatever Joba does, it’s on the shoulders of the offense to begin with tonight.
Smoltz is awful, you HAVE to score more than 1 off him if you want to win the game. The Yankees seem like they will, but they have given away at least 1, and maybe more runs tonight with mental mistakes.
Joba hasn’t been great tonight, but he’s keeping them more than close enough where they should be able to score enough off of Smoltz. Have to do better than 1 if you want to win a game, period.
Seriously is RF even 300 feet??
It’s okay. They’ll be okay. Every team going through fenway has to hit over that monstrosity of the ‘Green Monster’ and you just need to hit over a little league fence at Yankees Stadium. Who designed this place?!
This damn monkey’s holdin on tight.
Shake her off boys!
The yanks are going to have to beat down smoltz the next inning.
Pete: “Remember that debate about whether he belonged in the bullpen? That was cute. He is 10-3, 3.27 as a starter.”
Pete is trying to dismiss the debate, but Pete himself raised doubts about Joba right before the all star break.
The RF fence is the same distance for both teams when at the plate.
Yanks will come right back and kick major butt.
Dr. Cox, I definitely like your list…
bad luck. Yanks hit 4 shots into the OF and come away with one run. Pedroia and Kotchman poke two specials into RF. It’s happened for the Yanks before so it’s hard to complain.
I think that was the cheapest home run I’ve seen all season from the stadium. Need to crush some more of Smoltz’s meatballs in the 4th to give Joba a nice lead.
So strange, the park hasn’t played like this in a while. What changed? Is it the cool air?
Some of you need extra shots of testosterone… or new spines – your current ones seem to be deteriorating.
“I hope your server ate its Wheaties, LoHud.”
Bwahahahahahaha…Win.
This ump is terrible. He must like Yankee Stadium cheap homeruns.
The amazing thing is that whoever joins the Red Sox whether its Bay,Green and now Kotchman play like Babe Ruth against us. Not to mention Ortiz and Lowell who hit like they are 5 years younger.
Joba shocked that Kotchman homered off him? How about not spending all night in hitters counts? Maybe that would help prevent the rockets hit to right field.
Even if it wasn’t a homer, it would have been at least a double. The ball was rocked. Joba’s act gets tiring.
80 pitches….and counting…..
The Yankees need to take shots at right field tonight. Anything hit that way is going out.
at least joba is in the mid 90′s. shows how important that is.
This is going to be one of those games.
Buckle in it’s going to be very high scoring.
Wish Hughes was available tonight.
The RF porch isn’t exactly the same size as old YS. It’s not just the jet stream. It’s just shorter. Despite what Lonn Trost tells us.
“Joba giving up HR’s and walks left and right and he looks shocked….”
I didn’t notice any “shocked” look but seriously, he’ll get over it. He’s been in worse situations and survived.
Exactly Rob B….Joba is acting weird…he is all over the place tonight w/his command and he looks back at the dugout acting like he should be pitching a perfect game
The offense better pick up Joba cause he’s just not sharp today & the ump is squeezing him like crazy.
nice comeback
This is going to be a long game.
We just need to beat on Smoltz next inning.
Now let’s rock Smoltz.
Al,
3-1 and the game is over?
Man, you are quite the bridgejumper.
dollars to doughnuts we get the usual “my stuff was good” routine from Joba in postgame.
If the Yankees do anything this off season they need to raise the right field wall by 2 feet.
xyz August 6th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
I hope your server ate its Wheaties, LoHud.
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Ha!
Alright, this game is far from being over. Get some runs
The Stadium gives up home runs that shouldn’t be, everyone has known this since the first week of the season. Maybe the question should be why is Joba throwing straight fastballs at the belt? Even if it wasn’t a HR, it was a long single or a double and it would have been 1st and 3rd or 2nd and 3rd. Without Posada’s awful base running it’s 3-2 and not 3-1, but it what it is. It’s time the Yankees showed why Smoltz had a 7.12 ERA before the game.
Lonn Trost is a fool
last inning had the potential to be a 3 home run affair, lets duplicate that and start shelling mr. smoltz
Joba hasn’t exactly hit his spots on most of the fastballs he has thrown tonight. Every ball hit was in hitters counts and fastballs right over the plate.
The Yankees will at least match the 2 the Sox just put up this inning …. definitely a crooked number coming
He’s entitled to have an off game considering how he’s been absolutely lights out in his last 3. It’s an awful coincidence and bad pattern that it’s happening against the Red Sox though.
Not even my opinion, here is the facts:
The Yankees are a very talented team, a very deep team.
The Yankees show a lot of heart and comeback against all other teams but the sox
They take a shot in the gut from Boston and it is lights out
There is no way the Boss in his prime would allow 0-9 without back page fire and brimstone
This team cannot and will not do anything in October until they get this team OUT OF THERE HEADS!
Almost SJ…we don’t have a pen tonight and if we don’t get Smoltz in next couple of innings the way Joba is throwing, could be all she wrote
“Muhammad Ali will be back tomorrow to give Randy Levine and Lonn Trost the award for biggest joke of a stadium in the major leagues.”
My guess is that those two clowns would accept that award. Any award. Any recognition.
Joba tonight is officially a joke.
Have to figure that Theo got Kotchman with the joke that is Yankee Stadium’s rightfield in mind.
“Wish Hughes was available tonight.”
Do you think Aceves will be avaible? Wish Hughes was avaible,too.
Gotta hand it to Theo. Unlike Cashman, Theo knows how to win.
In a normal ballpark Kotchman’s shot is a double, and it’s second and third with 0 out. With Lowrie’s strikeout and Ellsbury’s groundout back to the mound, Joba would have been out of the inning without giving up a run.
Hey, Joba lowered his pitches per inning average in the 4th! He was up to 21 1/3 after 3. Now he’s down to 20 1/4.
Yanks don’t deserve to win so far tonight, when that’s true u normally end up with a loss, hopefully that’s not the case tonight
but AROD is batting .340
I love the ‘new sheriff in town’ act.
what exactly do you plan on doing?
are you going to obtain ip addresses, then get a court order to determine names and addresses?
then it’s off to your journey around America issuing summonses and such.
SJ – Al declared the game over when it was 1-0. Didn’t you see Dr. Cox’s list? He is prominantly displayed there, as he should be.
The Yankees have played the first few innings of this game in the same fashion that led to the 0-8. They need to stop playing so tentatively and cut down on the mental mistakes.
and .200 with RISP
tonight has the makings of a walk-off win….
I wish they built this stadium with the 1950s dimensions.
Posada l2slide
Maybe Posada can try and steal third
Jorge on the road to redeeming himself with the lead off double.
The Sox just own us. We are so the Sox of yesteryear,and they are the Yankees of yesteryear. Remember the years when the Sox would be on a good roll, and we would come in to Fenway and set the universe straight. They are doing that to us now. The shadow of John Smoltz is hoding us in check, and Joba looks……well he looks very much frightened and scared!!
posada reaches base….dun dun dun
Alright! Here we go yanks!
to all those posada naysayers..looks like he is trying to redeem himself!
Posada better not screw up.
pete you crack me up bro!!!
i miss the berroa is old stuff but maybe you can crack on the stadium instead
what a joke at least your there i’m stuck watching on mlb and following a blog
Posada is king again! lol
Lets go with a double this time and let him coast in
Ok Jorge, you are partially redeemed from earlier… let’s tie it up w/ another cheapie…
At least Posada isn’t hung up on his mistake from earlier
Posada on the bases, Round 2.
this s/b fun.
And the SUCKING streak continues…posada at home? he looks like a t-ball player…and Joba looks like CRAP!
The yankees ALWAYS Screw up in big games, and i guess we’re just going to have to deal with it…that we JUST ARN’T GOOD ENOUGH.
Anyone can beat the bad teams, and good teams can beat the average teams, only great teams can beat the great teams.
Joba needs to step up and yankees need to start hitting.
Smoltz is throwing batting practice. Let’s hope Posada remembers to hustle around the bag this time
watch, Jorge will screw-up and waste the double, somehow.
Anytime you ask these clowns about innumerable problems with this new park, Lonn Trost and Levine sound like that Baghdad Bob guy from the beginning of the Iraq War.
Warm air, lower humidity, the ball is jumpin tonight.
If Posada scores via a slide, it’ll be interesting to hear the reaction.
How about NOT stranding the runner at second this time?
Can Cano do it w/ RISP?? Hmmm…
Angel,
LOL! Great line. Spines are a little weak in here tonight.
I know Cano cant but would you bunt? Knowing his struggle with RISP
Did Kay just ask how different John looks from 20 years ago?
Carlos Beltran forgot to slide into home earlier this year. So I guess the Yankees are playing like the Mets now.
Meanwhile, Smoltz is a joke, why can’t we knock this flaming clown out of the game?
That double was the kiss of death of the 4th inning; now Cano has to hit with a runner in scoring position.
Cano with RISP??
NEXT!!!!!!!!!!
They need to get this run in. Smoltz’s stuff is so average..to be nice..
walk off win? I wish, but that’s just wishful thinking.
0-8 is NOT an accident.
seriously, how are people on here saying Joba is a joke? He is having a bad game. Did we expect him to have an era under 1 for the entire second half?
joba’s limiting the damage. he’s not sharp tonight but the sox could easily have 5 or 6 runs right now.
“Not even my opinion, here is the facts:
The Yankees are a very talented team, a very deep team.
The Yankees show a lot of heart and comeback against all other teams but the sox
They take a shot in the gut from Boston and it is lights out
There is no way the Boss in his prime would allow 0-9 without back page fire and brimstone
This team cannot and will not do anything in October until they get this team OUT OF THERE HEADS!”
You REALLY scare me. 3-1 is not insurmountable. Now THAT is a fact.
“Al,
3-1 and the game is over?
Man, you are quite the bridgejumper.”
SJ, right? I did not expect that from him of all people.
But hes on the list.
quit missing cookies, Robbie!
Paul O’Neill is conveniently forgetting the fact that the Yankees have scorched at least 5 balls into the OF. When the ball’s 90 and straight, there’s nowhere for it to go except somewhere very fast.
“walk off win? I wish, but that’s just wishful thinking.
0-8 is NOT an accident.”
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we’ll see
I’m calling a walk-off.
You mean “weak spine” like blaming Melky for Posada’s inability to touch home plate or make a weak attempt at a slide?
Yankee Stadium is a joke. I want to cry when I see footage from the House that Ruth built.
Will Kay shut up !
Jump people, jump!!! A couple of pop out HRs and the towel has been thrown in. Give up, turn off the TV, turn off the computer and give up.
all right!!!!
Cano!
LOVE IT!!
“If Posada scores via a slide, it’ll be interesting to hear the reaction.”
Let me give you mine ahead of time:
THANK YOU GOD IN HEAVEN!
REDEMPTION. Way to hustle that time Jorge
Cano almost killed John.
lol at posada running like its the olympic final 100m dash hahaha
HAHAHA
Have you ever seen Posada run harder before in his career? I think he split his pants.
Redemption for Jorge! Let’s go Yanks!
The Yankees have to win this game because Cano walked and got a hit w/RISP.
Thank god there was no throw home on that one!
I was waiting for Posada to slide out of fear
nice!! Robbie must be getting allergy shots to help him with RISP
THATS HOW U DO IT JORGE… atta boy Robinson… reverse that RISP curse
There we go Cano, just get the single.
LOL Smoltz falling down
posada scored???
Woohoo Cano…As grandpa falls over. Does he need someone to help him get up?
yes!
btw, regarding Joda, he needs to pitch well against good teams, especially vs. sox.
Can-do
Can-do!!!
Was anyone else screaming “Slide” when Jorgie came home?! LOL
once Smoltz moves to the pen, they’ll have Paul Byrd to replace him
Theo is a genius!!
Does the crowd seem quiet again?
This stadium wont be conducive to winning Championships if they dont fix the dimensions. One handed swings off the hand of the bat go over the right field wall. When a pitcher is “beating” you and you still manage to hit a homerun something is wrong. I just dont like this stadium as much as the old one, from the way it plays to the crowd noise to the sterile feel of it.
This stadium wont be conducive to winning Championships if they dont fix the dimensions. One handed swings off the hand of the bat go over the right field wall. When a pitcher is “beating” you and you still manage to hit a homerun something is wrong. I just dont like this stadium as much as the old one, from the way it plays to the crowd noise to the sterile feel of it.
I’d tray Krazy Kay to Evil Ecks anyday.
Al,
the Red Sox are in YOUR head, not the teams. Don’t confuse the two.
3-2 in the 4th. Still over?
Since the board had benched Posada prior to that AB, take the run off the board and instead pencil in MOlina as a swining K.
Al from BK August 6th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Not even my opinion, here is the facts:
The Yankees are a very talented team, a very deep team.
The Yankees show a lot of heart and comeback against all other teams but the sox
They take a shot in the gut from Boston and it is lights out
There is no way the Boss in his prime would allow 0-9 without back page fire and brimstone
This team cannot and will not do anything in October until they get this team OUT OF THERE HEADS!
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Here is another fact Al:
I’m surprised you are even *mentioning* October. You declared long ago that this team was not gonna make the play-offs and thus not playing in October, or did you forget?
Smoltz has absolutely nothing. No movement, no deception, no control.
LOL, JOJO, same shock here.
Kay needs to be quiet about the stadium and series already. We get the point it is a big series. He talks about it like this is the World Series.
It’s disappointing seeing pictures of this stadium next to the 1950s era Yankee Stadium. That place was built for baseball. This place is Hank Steinbrenner’s piggy bank.
Can Mo get a 12 out save tonight?
Having Muhammad Ali at the Stadium was an omen
it’s going to be a back-and-forth heavyweight brawl tonight
Pitch #70 for Smoltz coming up
Let us not forget Smoltz has not had one quality start all season… this guy is garbage right now… let’s get a few more this inning
why isnt cano running
1200+ comments already. 4th inning. This server may implode. LOL
Melky-Time!
bring on Billy Traber!
No one is building a park the size of old YS. Those demensions where ridiculous compared to today’s standards. You see how cavour-ness CitiField is and it’s not as big as pre-renovated YS was.
Who’s angrier right now? Yankees fans with Joba or Red Sox fans with Smoltz? That’s the real battle that will wage over the course of the evening.
Smoltz is falling apart, now is the time to take him out !
BUNT BUNT
The clutchy twins are up next
Smoltz = Done
Erica,
not bad for a game that was already “over” at 1-0
We’re not even out of the 4th inning yet Pete and you have 1,200 comments already. Your blog rocks.
Brian in San Francisco
Honestly this is the first time in awhile the joke RF wall is hurting the Yankees, however you have to figure that Casey Kotchman was acquired with that ridiculously short porch in mind and that our adversaries will adjust accordingly. Up until now the Yankees have been taking advantage of the RF situation and minimizing the damage largely thanks to having strike out type guys in the rotation.
bunt?
Holy crap, its the 4th inning after 90 minutes of baseball. Hope no one needs to be up early
Please make pre ASB Joba go away now.
Maybe hypnosis…
And Trevor, of course they still build parks that are the size of old Yankee Stadium. It’s called Citi Field.
high first strike there, IMO
for the love of mike please just a lay down a bunt.
no bunt… Smoltz is imploding… Melky is a decent lefty
One thing I’ll say for you AL from BK, you act like a girl and a weenie around here 90% of the time, but you aren’t at all embarrassed by it and bounce back when something good happens and you act like you never said a worried or negative word all night.
It’s truly an art form. It’s pretty weird though!
“I’m surprised you are even *mentioning* October. You declared long ago that this team was not gonna make the play-offs and thus not playing in October, or did you forget?”
I believe that was after we went 0-8. I think most fans were feeling that way at the time. This game is still far from a lock, were still trailing and what junkballers are we throwing out once Joba gets pulled in an inning or 2.
Erica – always OPPC August 6th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
Holy crap, its the 4th inning after 90 minutes of baseball. Hope no one needs to be up early
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another red sox vs yankees marathon
BD 2.0
August 6th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Erica,
not bad for a game that was already “over” at 1-0
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I was crying so hard at 1-0 that I used a box of tissues!!!
if Cano can get a hit with a RISP MAYBE, JUST MAYBE the Yankees can beat this team sometime this year….
NOOOOO DOUBTER
MELK MAN!!!!
MELKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CRUSHED THAT
the MELKMAN COMETH!!!!
Now we get a legit HR
Now THAT’s a home run!
Melky’s a keeper
THE MELKMAN DELIVERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Melky > GGBG
at least for tonight!
MELKYYY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Toldja it was Melky-Time!
Here we go!
And it wasnt a cheapie!!
Al,
is it over yet?
No cheapie there.
As always, it’s all Melky’s fault.
on top of Old Smoltzie
SEEE YA!!! The MELK MAN IS HOT
HR Derby tonight!
Hows that for a cheapie!!
Melkman! Keep them coming boys!
Damn you Melky for not bunting!!!!
who was looking for the bunt? pour it on!
SO who said the game was over? Yankees have a 5-3 lead. Oh and just so you know the game won’t end with that score.
That was certainly a long bunt.
Michael Kay doesn’t know how to count.
Smoltz just got Melked!!!
Joba please shut them down next inning
No cheapie there!
Go the Milkman!!!!! Too bad Francona will probably take Smoltz out before the Yanks can really tack on…
I told u… No bunt… Smoltz was hanging himself… MELKMAN
And nothing cheap about that one.
DA MELK!
DA MELK!
I’M SO IN LOVE WITH,
DA MELK!!!
(hummed to the tune of the Mexican Hat Dance)
SECOND DECER FOR THE MELKY MAN!
God damn it.
I’m being impersonated again. That 7:59 post wasn’t me.
Pete, how many emails do I have to send you to get this clown banned?
Why bother with terms and conditions of the blog if nothing is enforced?
Into Damon’s Deck.
SJ44,
Once Billy Traber comes in…
yes, it’s over
See ya.
Smoltzie is smoked.
No one who said game over better post about this Melky shot!
I definitely feel a bit bad for Smoltz.
Whoa. Do I see Billy Traber up? Wasn’t he a yankee beforehand?
like i said! RF is a joke but the Yankees have been capitalizing and mitigating the damage.
Well, finally, someone decided to take this guy out to the barn and spank him silly.
WTG melk-man!
the melky way
Yea Melky- that was a drive
Melkman!!
And why did everyone in the dugout look like they were at a funeral?
Melky is freakin’ clutch. Ice water in that kid’s veins.
Hell yeah, Melky!
fashionfinancier
August 6th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
I definitely feel a bit bad for Smoltz.
Whoa. Do I see Billy Traber up? Wasn’t he a yankee beforehand?
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The Yanks DFA’ed him last season
What did Gammons say about Smoltz before the season started? That he would be the best pitcher in the AL or something stupid like that.
Melky does it again! The Melk-Man delivers! So clutch
Quick Question:
Anybody else notice that there is 1 camera somewhere in the stadium that seems blurry every time they cut to it? I’m watching it in HD and it’s been happening for a couple games not just tonight. It’s only 1 camera. I think somewhere in the outfield.
STATEMENT HIT!
That’s what I was waiting for!
Yankees always have the jitters early in these games, but maybe jumping out to a lead now can help settle these guys down a bit.
This team keeps fighting. Smoltz is terrible.
Gotta love seeing Traber warming up.
If Joba can settle down and get through 6 we’ll be ok.
Al from BK August 6th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
“I’m surprised you are even *mentioning* October. You declared long ago that this team was not gonna make the play-offs and thus not playing in October, or did you forget?”
I believe that was after we went 0-8. I think most fans were feeling that way at the time. This game is still far from a lock, were still trailing and what junkballers are we throwing out once Joba gets pulled in an inning or 2.
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Oh no. It wasn’t after we went 0-8. I believe it was even before that. You might wanna go back and check out some of the proclamations you made back in April.
Oh btw, is the game still over?
Melky! Go Yanks!
LOVE DA MELKY!!!!
how long before Smoltz’s ERA > Wang’s ERA?
Umm Pete- can we do a new thread??? Like a Yankees vs Red Sox Part 2????
Earlier today I mentioned that I though that the Yanks would send Smoltz to the showers by the 5th…He may not survive the 4th…….The Lohud was a nice neighborhood at one time…..
WOW
Ellsbury a bit shallow considering Jete smashed one to center his last time up
worked though
ok, i’m not ready to celebrate yet…Joba has been way too scary tonight. Need MORE runs!
The Melk-Man delivers! So clutch
Joe Girardi could step up to the plate right now and cork it to center.
I almost feel bad for John Smoltz……almost. I can barely stand watching Red Sox-Yankees games, but I do enjoy the feeling of the good ol AL East slugfest.
Jeter with another can of corn to center. I don’t think I’ve seen this many good swings and solid line drives off of an opposing pitcher recently.
Smoltz sucks !
miggs this is the nonsense that happens when the Yankees play the soxs. Lohud probably makes a fair amount of money off the ads for this blog, you’d think they’d give Pete a hand on Yankees/soxs games.
why did the video games rate John Smoltz so high this year?
“UPDATE, 8:39 p.m.: There goes Posada, killing the Yankees again by doubling and scoring a run. Terrible player.”
Nice try, Pete – but even you know that it was a bonehead play not sliding the first time he was trying to score. That doesn’t make him a terrible player. It makes him a player that made a terrible mistake. It happens every now and then to the best of them.
as long as the Sox are going to leave BP Smoltz out there… they must get the insurance runs NOW
LIST OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CHEER IF THE YANKEES WIN:
Chickie
JZ
Jeremy
Al From BK (eh tu)
BRYAN
I will continue adding names as the game progresses
Once again- Smoltz is garbage tonight. ANd at least Posada learned from his error and busted it all the way that time.
Roger Maris– Speaks the truth. Sometimes it hurts.
August 6th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Quick Question:
Anybody else notice that there is 1 camera somewhere in the stadium that seems blurry every time they cut to it? I’m watching it in HD and it’s been happening for a couple games not just tonight. It’s only 1 camera. I think somewhere in the outfield.
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Yes, that happens for me too. I am watching HD as well
Lefties feasting, righties starving.
Are we still hopeless for tonight, guys?
Ohh. Right. Thanks Erica! =)
Melky’s clutch!
I’m just curious, do those of you who declare games over in the third inning feel stupid when the Yankees come back? Or are you too stupid to feel stupid?
The panic some people display is really amusing. I’m amazed at what bad fans some people are. It’s like they’re only happy when the Yankees are losing.
We are still 0-8 against this team for a reason, with 5 innings to play. I would not go around calling the W either. Who are we calling out of that pen?
gotta send damon to steal noww
I bet old man “I serve up sub-90 mile fastballs) Smoltz loves Yankees stadium
Tex and Alex…
it’s time for some punishment
Park one, Tex!
What kind of production are the yankees getting out of their CF slot this year.
What a shot. And you could just see this inning coming.
Everything is hard hit off of Smoltz. It was just building.
Regardless of how bad Smoltz is throwing – Melky’s shot was quite an impressive display of power by a CF.
Do you people know that I LOVE Johnny Damon!?!?!
MPB Johnny Damon = Awesome
Should I start a new thread?
Tex is gonna drill this one.
CaptainsCorner August 6th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
What did Gammons say about Smoltz before the season started? That he would be the best pitcher in the AL or something stupid like that.
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I think he said that he would be the best second half pitcher or some nonsense like that.
there have always been games at Wrigley Field that would wind up 15-10 because the wind was blowing out. Tonight’s game is one of those.
there was no way Smoltz was getting through the order again wihtout getting hammered, Teix might hit one out here.
And Billy Traber is in the bullpen for the Sox? The vaunted Sox bullpen? Billy Traber? He makes Sergio Mitre look like an ace.
haha we need a chat room up in here!
Tex is gonna drive one
Thanks Erica
I woulda been pissed if it was my very expensive LCD TV
No Yankees game would be complete w/o at least one Tex cup adjustment.
Has there been one ball not hit hard since the 1st inning? Damon should steal 2nd here..
Smoltz just looks out of place in a Sox uniform. Kind of reminds me of seeing Mickey Mantle play 1B.
true
Yanks need to steal with VMart back there
but it’s so risky considering Smoltz is going to give up a HR 35% of the time
I dunno…
“UPDATE, 8:39 p.m.: There goes Posada, killing the Yankees again by doubling and scoring a run. Terrible player.””
Really, Pete??
“Should I start a new thread?”
Hahaha…Cause the game was over. I see what you did there, Pete.
“# Peter Abraham August 6th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
I’m just curious, do those of you who declare games over in the third inning feel stupid when the Yankees come back? Or are you too stupid to feel stupid?
The panic some people display is really amusing. I’m amazed at what bad fans some people are. It’s like they’re only happy when the Yankees are losing.”
Thanks for coming in and showing these people what it’s like, Pete! Enjoy the game.
Yes Pete-
New thread please!!!
There have been so many comments so far its really slow. A part 2 would be great!
“Do you people know that I LOVE Johnny Damon!?!?!”
Really, Erica? I had no idea.
Smoltz reminds me of Cone’s last season with the Yankees.
Smoltz’s e.r.a. is now higher than Sergio Mitre’s.
“I’m just curious, do those of you who declare games over in the third inning feel stupid when the Yankees come back? Or are you too stupid to feel stupid?”
This team is 0-8 against the Red Sox. I would get off that high horse. What exactly are we the fans supposed to think when we are 0-8 and trailing at home?
Nah – no new thread is necessary.
lol @ lefties 8-12 awesome
“Melky is freakin’ clutch. Ice water in that kid’s veins.”
That’s probably why I’ve always loved him. (Notice my tagline!)
Da Melk has been my favorite player for a long time.
Oh man. I really want the Yankees to have some funny with Billy Traber.
did drew get injured after dat leap?
O Alex this is your moment to shine
OMG. There’s like 7 posts a minute,lol.
Thanks for coming in and telling ‘em what it’s like, Pete. Enjoy the game!
OK, I’m starting a new thread.
Do it, ARod!
yesssir, he’s done leave him in please terry
New Thread Pete!
I’m not sure Tony Pena in BP could serve em up better than Smoltz is.
If Smoltz wants to retire with any dignity, he should convert to a righty specialist out of the bullpen.
Bernie Williams is probably closer to being in ’96 form than Smoltz is.
Whatever it is, clutchness, confidence at key moments, Melky’s got it. This year it is undeniable.
woohoo, go Tex!
Pete, how many of these “fans” are real Yankee fans, vs. trolls of one sort or another?
A-Rod needs to join this hit party.
Tex is just all over Smoltz. All over him.
I couldn’t go as far as to make a statement such as “Or are you too stupid to feel stupid?” Ask any Yankees fan who has been following the team for a long time and they’ll tell you that they’ve absolutely lost their mind at one point or another during a Yankees-Red Sox game. I know that I’ve lost my mind several times. The vast majority of the fans aren’t stupid, they’re just passionate, especially when it comes to the Red Sox. THere’s a reason everyone goes bonkers over Ohio State-Michigan, Texas-Oklahoma, Duke-UNC, Yankees-Red Sox and the like….there are more insane people than expected.
Very nice..Nancy’s heel might of got caught in the grass so he couldn’t catch that…lol
Roger Maris– Speaks the truth. Sometimes it hurts.
August 6th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Thanks Erica
I woulda been pissed if it was my very expensive LCD TV
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No, it definitely goes blurry on mine too. No worries!
Traber vs Matsui
bases juiced
nice walk A rod
We are back in there headz
Smoltz looks like Catfish Hunter is his final year, what a shame to see him go out like this. I don’t know what he was thinking trying to come back at age 42 after surgery.
“Or are you too stupid to feel stupid?”
Pete,
GREAT line hahaha.
Pete Abe’s comment made me choke on my beer!!
Oh, come on! Alex is slumping. Let him hit!!
Oh! They’re intentionally walking him!
BOOOOOO!
Why Nancy didn’t catch that is no mystery – yuk yuk yuk!
Hey B.T.K.Y.K.W.
Vintage Smoltz –
LMAO!!!!1
Dammit…Why didn’t Damon score on that?
Wtg Tex, c’mon Godzilla, need a BIG hit here.
Should I start a new thread?
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Yes please
Damn, I wanted Arod to bat, wanted to see a A-Bomb. Make them pay Matsui!
As a truce between myself and my LoHud family I will be leaving the negativity in this thread.
LH off smoltz 9 for 13
RH of smoltz 0 for 5
say what you want about the NYS but it’s cleary got Smoltz shook.
This can blow it open and will allow me hold down my dinner
The Sox must be desperate if they have to intentionally walk A-Rod.
Smoltz was Wang-esque (2009 edition) tonight.
I knew I was happy when I saw Smoltz was going tonight. Let’s break the game open here. No lead is safe in these games between these teams.
Why would you intentionally walk A Rod?? That is so funny…..A Rod would K or ground out to 3rd or short….
Walking Arod makes sense here. Lefty on lefty…
NEW THREAD IS UP
:ARROW:
Well folks, stadium sounds pretty loud to me. I can hear the “Boston Sux” chants loud and clear.
New thread ——-
“That’s probably why I’ve always loved him. (Notice my tagline!)
Da Melk has been my favorite player for a long time.
Yay, I helped.
Also, notice MY tagline before this one. Why was I still fighting Vernon Wells?
Please Peter Gammon’s, tell me again how smart Theo is.
Smoltz, Penny, DL Baldeli…
This performance is way Moose left. Like George Costanza, leave on a high note.
I know this has happened before, but I can’t remember which player being intenionally walked, reached across the plate and had a hit.
Was that really AL? or a troll? I don’t think he would declare a one run game over.
Pete – I think you should.. this one is unwieldy at this point..
Finally, Trabermetrics is going to work in OUR favor.
Please, oh please, oh please…. Traber, play like you did when you were with us!
lol. Billy Traber’s wearing a Yankee cap on espn’s gamecast. Let’s hope he helps out the Yankees.
Or why Moose left. Pool or a pond.
Memories… of the way we were….
Shall we take a stroll down memory lane with Peter Gammons…
From a Boston Globe chat in January 2009:
“[Comment From Stephen H]
Do you feel the Sox staff if healthy with the addition of Smoltz, and Penny is tops in the american league?
Peter Gammons:
I think it could be the best. Obviously Josh Beckett has to be healthy and I think they really improved the setup crew in front of Papelbon with the addition of Ramirez, and Masterson and Okajima. Obviously they should have three really good starters, the alternatives with Wake, Smoltz, Penny, Buchholz, and Bowden could be potentially the deepest staff in the league.
I love the Smoltz signing. Both John Farrell and Ben Cherington went to Atlanta to watch him throw and were very impressed. And Smoltz is one of those rare players who thrives on pressure and crowds.
What’s interesting about Penny, is that if he had gone out on the market last winter, he would have gotten an A.J. Burnett contract b/c he was coming off finishing third in Cy Young race. He did break down the last three months, but Burnett has broken down 2-3 times himself. Over the last three years, Burnett and Penny have each won 38 games, and Burnett has only averaged 10 more innings a season. One of the reasons Penny wanted Boston was b/c of the way that Terry Francona and John Farrell handle pitchers, so there’s a good chance he can turn out to be a major contributor. ”
http://www.boston.com/sports/b.....peter.html
Why does every coach ignore the fact that Hideki actually is better against lefties than righties
Kind of feel bad for what Smoltz has become, uniform notwithstanding…
how the tables have turned red sox… now you are the ones bringing in Billy Traber w/ the game about to get out of hand… mwahahaha
Matsui v. Traber coming up.
Captains Corner,
both Gammons and Joel Sherman said Smoltz would be, “the most dominating pitcher in the Al”, by September.
Al,
the issue isn’t that the Yankees can lose this game. It’s declaring it “over” at 1-0 and 3-1.
You are better than that. Don’t fall into the bridgejumpers trap.
Matsui, pretend it’s your b-day again and hit a granddy!
“Was that really AL? or a troll? I don’t think he would declare a one run game over.”
Are you serious??? He’d declare a 0-0 game over if the Yankee pitcher gave up more than a hit. The guy is a walking raincloud!
Jackson is 1-3 with a runs scored, 1 RBI and a stolen base.
Garrison Lassiter has his first homer for Charleston.
Adam Warren through 4.2 innings 7 hits 1 run, 0 walks, 4 strikeouts for Staten Island.
A rare outrun of the ball by Matsui! BOOM!
NESN camera panning on Smoltz (before the run came in.) Really painful to watch his expression.
By the way, remember the discussion about Matsui getting down the base quickly? Told ya he hustles!!!
SEE YA, BYATCH!
Yes Posada that is amazing
REDEMPTION!
BOOM! You like that Sox? 8-0 means NOTHING now!
Posada redeemed himself twice over now.
Slide on that baby!
Jorge’s off the hook.
Okay, Jorge, all is forgiven.
No need to slide on that one!
That’s a quote, too. Shame on you, Kay!
POSADA!!!!
I LOVE YOU, TRABERRRRRRR!!!!!! Just like when you pitched for us!
DFA.POSADA.NOW.
well, if they still lose this game, I will throw away my laptop.
This is a promise.
Now that’s more like it.
Why bring in Traber? Is he the human white flag?
LOL @ all you Posada haters!
Thank God we let this Billy Traber guy go, he’s horrible.
For tampa, Laird is 1-3 with an RBI and a steal, Luis Nunez is 2-3 with a triple, double, ru scored and RBI
DJ Mitchell: 6 innings, 5 hits, 1 run, 0 walks, 8 strikeouts
Big play that inning-Matsui beating out that DP which allows Posada to bat and hit that homer
Hopefully Joba didn’t sit too long
Join us on the new thread!
ahahahhahahahhahahha
I don’t know who’s the NESN color announcer, but he’s completely stunned that Smoltz stunk up the joint.
what is he doing?
Three walks can end very badly…
When will Joba pitch a decent game against sox?
until then, it’s safe to say he’s gutless.
Just read Joba’s lips and he said the “F” word.. then I am not sure what he said next.. it was either “God, Damnit” or “God, Thank you”… either way.. pretty funny.
JZ
Joba pitched 8 innings of shut out ball vs. Josh Beckett last year. So he has done it.
where has all the momentum gone?…This crowd is a joke make some noise
The yankees need to win this one. There is no way they can mess this up.
Billy Traber is finally paying off for the Yankees.
And I doubt Posada will hit for the cycle.
Jim Kaat is doing the color on MLB, and boy does he have an axe to grind against the Yankees.
Yankees acquire Chad Gaudin out of nowhere
Why is this place dead now?
I guess when the yanks started winning everyone left because they couldn’t complain.
3 1/2
Johnny D. August 6th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Why is this place dead now?
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I don’t get that.
Look at the “legends seats” — they were nearly filled tonight, but most of “those” people left after the 9:45 PM
Even PeteAbe hasn’t posted in 2 hours.
Dr. Cox, please put RDM on your whiny list – he has whined abut Joba the entire game.
- 4 Wins in a row
- 10-1 at home since the All-Star break.
- 14-3 at home since July 1st.
VT Yankeefan August 6th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
Even PeteAbe hasn’t posted in 2 hours.
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He’s busy trying to get Bruce Willis’ autograph.
good.
one game at a time.